Flushed the brakes on my car last week, and bled them a little more, just in case a little bit of air bubbled up. There didn't seem to be any though.
I replaced the factory brake bleeder plugs with one-way ball valves called Russell Speed Bleeders (an Edelbrock company, BTW). They make bleeding brakes a true DIY job, no calling the wife or neighbor over to pump the brake pedal every time you get a wheel off, and no air gets into the bleeder valve if you don't time the pumping and wrenching just right.
The only catch is that the Speed Bleeders are a little more fragile than the factory bleed valves, and you'll have to find out the torque spec for 'em. They should supply this information, but they didn't with the two sets that I bought. At any rate, you should know the torque spec before doing the job anyway.
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Do you put them on all four corners? ...then start at the wheel furthest from the master cylinder? Doing each wheel separately?
ReplyDeleteOh, it's been more than two years, and I didn't even know there was a comment.
ReplyDeleteYes, you put one on each brake caliper, and bleed each brake one at a time.