Posts : 93 Join date : 2011-03-20 Location : north northumberland
Subject: bleeding brake system? Sat 4 May - 13:44
ok this weekend im fitting new front calipers discs and pads. changing the brake fluid as well. so could someone nice tell me in school kid language how to change the fluid please? i have one of those fluid transfer things you connect to the reservoir and bleed screw. its an 04 wrx. cheeeeers!
kullySTI
Posts : 28 Join date : 2013-05-22 Age : 42 Location : peterlee
Subject: Re: bleeding brake system? Wed 29 May - 1:22
On every caliper their will be a bleed nipple, you will need 8mm spanner to slacken the nipple
Then put a rubber pipe on the nipple & put the other end nto a bottle!
You will need some one to pump the brake pedal for you so the old fluid squirts into bottle
When clear fluid starts commin thru, tighten bleed nipple & move onto next caliper
Make sure you keep an eye on your brake fluid level as it will drop & require regular top ups during the process!
Hope this helps!
StickT
Posts : 2607 Join date : 2012-07-26
Subject: Re: bleeding brake system? Wed 29 May - 12:24
Start from the furthest away from the master cylinder/resiviour and work towards the closest.
Make sure no airbubbbles are in the fluid when pumping. I would suggest the 2 person method if you can as i prefer this. 20 pumps of the pedal from each nipple would be good enough for this job.
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