i understand the process, except for the part where you connect two tubes to the outlet holes. now u connect the tubes and run them into the reservoir.take a long screwdriver and push the m/c in about 3/4 of the way in 6-7 slow strokes until there is no more air in the tubes.now my question is when you take these tubes out to install, don’t you get air back in at the two holes.i presume that you install the m/c with the fluid still in it (that u use to bleed it).thanx for clearing this up!
yes you do. for some reason when I bled mine, there were a lot of those minute bubbles floating around…i left it cause there was no way I could remove them…my brakes are fine
You are never goin to get out all the air when u bench bleed…It just reduces the amount of air so when u bleed the brake after the install, you won’t have to take half a day trying to get the air out of the MC.
so i will get a little air back in once i remove to bleeding tubes. won’t the fluid come out of the holes though. or is there a vacumm that keeps it in(sorry if thats a dumb q)?
Okay, just bench bleed it. Take out the adapters when you position the master cylinder onto the brake booster. The fluid isn’t gonna flow like a water hose…just don’t worry. Bleed your brakes normally after though. It shouldn’t even take more than an hour to switch it - it’s the bleeding part that takes long ‘Pump! ok Hold! Pump! ok Hold!’…Good luck
is it also true that when you have the person pump and hold the pedal, not to have them push it all the way to the floor.i heard this in someone elses post i believe.they said b/c under normal braking you never put the pedal to the floor.they said it can ruin or shorten the life of the seals in the m/c.sorry, i’m full of questions, but i want to do everything right!
You can get yourself a vacuum pump brake bleeder which is nothing more than a vacuum pump (handy anyway) and a cannister that allows you to hook up a line to the bleeder screw and suck the fluid through the lines. You still have to worry about having enough fluid in the reservoir but you don’t need to pump the brake pedal. One guy can do the whole job. The kit was $65 Cdn for me so it should be cheaper in the states.