Bleeding MY brakes - the wrong way
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:30 pm
OK, basic cave man instinct has been to bleed from the furthest nipple from the master cylinder and some have got away with this procedure.
Next, is the Gregories manual says to bleed right rear, then left front, then left rear, right front ...then from there I have also needed to bleed the nipples on the side of the master to get best brakes.
I am now revisiting a nightmare I had a few years ago when I had my master resleeved. Bastard needed a bench bleed, was an absolute rude word to get the pipe nuts done up quick with liquid skin crawler dribbling all over the bloody place. Just no feel with the gloves
So,many years down the track, new pads, new discs and one caliper needed some pressure bled off the back to get the piston right back. After, crap pedal even though I bled it my way.
Decided while there the fluid was looking pretty bad from coming back from the calipers, so emptied master bottle to clean out as best as possible.
Now, bleeding has been a nightmare again! Ended up getting one of the master to junction pipes remade from softer than Fuji pipe in order to get some control on the pipe nuts. Got the thing bled for fifth time, got distracted - suspect fluid drained too far in master ...more buy fluid.
Just gawking at a genuine manual and says when draining master, drain it by the nipple, refresh fluid in master, bleed at its nipple first, then rear then the slaves but in primary circuit first , then secondary.
So, looks like new fluid fill, bleed at master primary (rearmost) then right rear, left front
back to master, bleed its secondary nipple (fronter one) left rear, right front
Off to try this method ......
Thinking I must have been just plain lucky over last 18 years on these babies !! Not doing as factory manual says ??
Next, is the Gregories manual says to bleed right rear, then left front, then left rear, right front ...then from there I have also needed to bleed the nipples on the side of the master to get best brakes.
I am now revisiting a nightmare I had a few years ago when I had my master resleeved. Bastard needed a bench bleed, was an absolute rude word to get the pipe nuts done up quick with liquid skin crawler dribbling all over the bloody place. Just no feel with the gloves
So,many years down the track, new pads, new discs and one caliper needed some pressure bled off the back to get the piston right back. After, crap pedal even though I bled it my way.
Decided while there the fluid was looking pretty bad from coming back from the calipers, so emptied master bottle to clean out as best as possible.
Now, bleeding has been a nightmare again! Ended up getting one of the master to junction pipes remade from softer than Fuji pipe in order to get some control on the pipe nuts. Got the thing bled for fifth time, got distracted - suspect fluid drained too far in master ...more buy fluid.
Just gawking at a genuine manual and says when draining master, drain it by the nipple, refresh fluid in master, bleed at its nipple first, then rear then the slaves but in primary circuit first , then secondary.
So, looks like new fluid fill, bleed at master primary (rearmost) then right rear, left front
back to master, bleed its secondary nipple (fronter one) left rear, right front
Off to try this method ......
Thinking I must have been just plain lucky over last 18 years on these babies !! Not doing as factory manual says ??