Bleeding brakes?

[indyyellow]

Perhaps I have done it backwards but I have done the front and now doingthe back. Once they are done do I need to bleed all 4 corners again or can I just do the back brakes I have aprt currently, are they on there own resivor?

[scannerman]

start with the one farthest from the reservoir and make your way to the wheel closest to it. There's only one reservoir for the brakes.

[3X00-Modified]

Yes, but if you only crack the rear lines then you only need to bleed the rear lines, there are two different pressure chambers to supply fluid to the front vs the rear.

But at the same time if your not changing rear wheel cylinders you don't need to bleed them.

[indyyellow]

I am replacing the wheel cylinders so I need to rebleed the WHOLE system or just the pass rear then drivers rear and be done?

[Cliff8928]

You should be able to get away with just the ones you replace because there's independent lines for each brake coming from the front. Although it's not a bad idea to just bleed all of them and replace the fluid since brake fluid is hygroscopic.

[indyyellow]

The brake fluid is what? ha ha ha

The fronts are already done and bleed. Just top off resivor and start bleeding the backs and the fluids should be new?

[3X00-Modified]

absorbs water... and water is not a good hydraulic fluid.

As Cliff said, start at the rear and then do the fronts again just to be sure you've flushed everything. I do it once a year on my car.

[indyyellow]

On the back drums, since the pads are clearly thicker now that they are new, do I have to adjust that the runs between the pads so the drums will fit. Been 15 years+ since I have done drums. I forget.

[3X00-Modified]

yes you need to run the adjusters down and then you can space them out till the drum just touches as your installing it, or you can attempt to rely on the auto adjuster... but I think by hand works the best.

[indyyellow]

i hate this damn bleeding crap. JUST on the back brakes I have went through one of the TALL bottles of fluid and I still am getting bubbles time to time on the rears. I think one time I did let the fluid holding thing get air but that was long before I ran out the bottle damn it. The pedal seems soft and goes to far to the floor I think. WTF, I should not have to use that much fluid and with every down stroke I am seeing a bubble or too or the small airy bubbles. And we are doing it right, starting far pass back then drivers back, still seeing air when I start over ande over. gently caress IT

[indyyellow]

Could the soft pedal be because I need to go back and bleed the fronts though some here said I do not need too.

[3X00-Modified]

It helps to do the whole system if you leave the lines open since you may suck the fluid out of the reservoir while it was sitting.

What are you using to bleed it? Two person? crack bleeder, Down, close bleeder, up?

[indyyellow]

I did the whole system. The feel of the pedal is better not. Going with what I have at this point.

[Slinky]

Im having a similar problem, i thing its leaking at the joint on the ss lines and the hard lines