I've been gravity bleeding brakes for quite some time and never had a problem with it, i also have never had a firmer pedal doing it any other way

Billman will agree with me on this.........

 

Hi,
Please - You should never "gravity bleed" your brakes.

You should never pump the brake pedal while the bleeder is open.

Please go to this link and read it all. All your questions should be answered.

http://www.teamscr.com/brakes.htm

Happy Bleeding

 

guess ive never bled brakes.

 

so sorry i didnt mean that the brakes were being pumped while the bleeder screw is open. the brakes were always held firm while the bleeder screw was open. i'm reading the link to the article now.

 

will try again once i get home from san francisco. i'm driving the car around since its my only mode of transportation, exercising extreme caution when braking. thankyou for you guys's help. i will post if i have questions or when i succeed in doing this.

 

I would never gravity-bleed my brakes. I've heard of folks doing it for their clutch, but not brakes. And you never pump the brakes with the screw open.

That said, I read the article linked above. Makes sense about securing the rotor after wheel removal. I do not use the two-per-rotor set screws because I am frequently changing things, but I may add those next time.

 

To each his own....... i Plan to contiue gravity bleeding my brakes

( The pedal is not pumped during this procedure )

 

Enough credible people have reported good success with "gravity bleeding" S2000 brakes that I'm sure it works fine, if done properly.

Since I have a pressure bleeder, I use that. Does the job a lot faster.

 

Pressure bleeding is alot faster. I can bleed mine in about 25 minutes without help Stainless lines made a big difference for me

 

I too have a vaccum bleeder but alot of times air will remain in the system, i have noticed alot when replacing master cyl. using a power bleeder will not remove all the air..... I mainly use mine to do fluid excanges, Very nice time saving product