DIY brake Bleeding
04-01-2012, 06:18 PM
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tried this today, switching to super blue. Blear FR, RR, RL, then FL. took about 3.5 hours, and after all that the pedal feels even softer than before i did the bleed, which is incredibly frustrating. Any idea why?
04-02-2012, 03:52 AM
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You made an error somewhere and got air in there for sure. I just did it too changing my lines over to steel braided. My pedal was worse so I knew I had air.
Lemme give you a tip that an old wise man told me 25 years ago. AT that time he was 83 years old.
"brick" the brake pedal overnight. pump it up tight, and use a piece of wood or measured metal to pin the brake pedal againts the seat track, over night. I used a telescopic hood prop rod.
Disconnect the battery to disable the brake lights.
Your pedal will be fixed by morning. I just did it to my s2k and it works with the s2k as well.
Lemme give you a tip that an old wise man told me 25 years ago. AT that time he was 83 years old.
"brick" the brake pedal overnight. pump it up tight, and use a piece of wood or measured metal to pin the brake pedal againts the seat track, over night. I used a telescopic hood prop rod.
Disconnect the battery to disable the brake lights.
Your pedal will be fixed by morning. I just did it to my s2k and it works with the s2k as well.
05-23-2012, 06:40 PM
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I did this and the fluid literally drips one drop at a time. Took about an hour to do. I used Motul brake fluid but the ending fluid looks to be clean and clear.
05-23-2012, 08:16 PM
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You made an error somewhere and got air in there for sure. I just did it too changing my lines over to steel braided. My pedal was worse so I knew I had air.
Lemme give you a tip that an old wise man told me 25 years ago. AT that time he was 83 years old.
"brick" the brake pedal overnight. pump it up tight, and use a piece of wood or measured metal to pin the brake pedal againts the seat track, over night. I used a telescopic hood prop rod.
Disconnect the battery to disable the brake lights.
Your pedal will be fixed by morning. I just did it to my s2k and it works with the s2k as well.
Lemme give you a tip that an old wise man told me 25 years ago. AT that time he was 83 years old.
"brick" the brake pedal overnight. pump it up tight, and use a piece of wood or measured metal to pin the brake pedal againts the seat track, over night. I used a telescopic hood prop rod.
Disconnect the battery to disable the brake lights.
Your pedal will be fixed by morning. I just did it to my s2k and it works with the s2k as well.
07-02-2012, 03:36 PM
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I'm panning on doing this tomorrow. I gonna put the car on the 4 jack stands. Do I really need to removed the wheels to do this ? Or since it on jack stands I can reach the bleeder valves easilly so there is no need to remove the wheels. Thanks. for your help. One other thing. I noticed that my manual to use DOT 4 fluid temporally only. I bought ATE Blue DOT4 so can I still used it safely ?
07-02-2012, 09:42 PM
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I'm panning on doing this tomorrow. I gonna put the car on the 4 jack stands. Do I really need to removed the wheels to do this ? Or since it on jack stands I can reach the bleeder valves easilly so there is no need to remove the wheels. Thanks. for your help. One other thing. I noticed that my manual to use DOT 4 fluid temporally only. I bought ATE Blue DOT4 so can I still used it safely ?
ATE Super Blue is really good and works well.
07-03-2012, 11:20 AM
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Followed Billman's instructions, worked like a charm! Thanks man! Didn't take that long either. I used the ATE Super blue. Also followed Billman's instructions on the clutch fluid from another thread, spot on!