Bleeding Bleeding Bleeding AIR???, give me a quick hand ... Options

[RangerRhett]

I started to bleed the brakes tonight.

I know the order:
Right Rear
Left Rear
Right Front
Left Front

Even when I started, I was getting bubbles in my hand pump (with cannister) . Now I get no, zero resitance on the brake Pedal. None...Zero...

Should I close up all the nipples, push on the pedal a few times and then start over....repeat, repeat, repeat until I get a steady stream of brake fluid...?

'Lil Help on this one..

[Thorshammer]

Slits is right, crack the master cylinder and let it drip a bit. You did not say why you are bleeding. Did you replace a component? Not sure. But here goes and my system is a little different.

After letting the master cylinder drip a bit. get 4 orings that will go over the bleeder valves so they seal when you open them. Next, go by a motorcycle shop and get about 3ft of vacuum line that is the proper size to fit on your bleeder valve (it's usually blue) Don't ask why.

wrap some safety wire around the vacuum line and make sure it is attached to the bleeder. I start at the right rear. Open the bleeder up after three to four gentle strokes on the pedal. yes I said gentle. If the GF/Wife is pumping it like your... ahem, sorry. Really fast is not going to work. Slow and steady. After opening the valve a couple times you should get a little bit of fluid. If so, tape the vacuum line to the inner fender so it loops up then down into your brake bleed can. Once you have a little fluid in the line, open the valve up a good amount, but make sure the oring is push against caliper so it does not leak any air.

One of the problems when people bleed brakes is they never get the bleeders open enough to get fluid moving fast enough by opening the bleeder up. What happens is the air gets stuck and won't travel downhill very well, until you get the fluid to move at a greater speed. Check the reservoir often. You will NOT be closing the bleeder. Leave it open, the master cylinder should not back draw any air from the bleeder because you have the fluid in the line, and as long as you always have fluid going up to where you lopped the line, no problem mon. Do the other side the same way. Only one wheel at a time please.

If you lived near me you could borrow my wurth air bleeder, which is a device that hooks onto the bleeder valve and pulls the fluid and the air into a cannister. Works everytime.

Good luck,


Erik Madsen

Post Script: Also make sure the pedal is returning all the way back, if the return hole in the master cylinder is not uncovered by the plunger returning all the way, the thing will never bleed out.