I'm about to bleed my brakes but can't seem to find the how-to online...

Anyone have a How-To or know the order to bleed?

Any help is appreciated... Thanks.

-Ed

 

See "Under The Hood" forum FAQs.

LF, RF, RR, LR.

 

I don't think there is a FAQ for bleeding our brake system.. someone should write one up because I'm due for one very soon.

 

Are you guys looking for the S2000 specific information, or a complete how to guide for any system? Are you just bleeding or doing a flush and replacing everything with brand new fluid?

 

I just did this two weekends ago. I changed the brake fluid and put on speed bleeders. Easy job. Took about 10min a bleederscrew, but im not mechanical.
1. lift up car and put on stands if you have them.
2.Take of wheels.
3.Bleeder screws are behind top of calipers.
4. Take out one bleeder screw at a time and replace with speed bleeders.You may loose a couple drops of fluid but wil be ok if you do not push in the brake peddle.
5.Loosen one speed bleeder at a time and push in brake peddle. This causes Pressure in the line and fluid comes out. If you dont use speedbleeders you will need to open bleed screws befor you push the brake in and close the bleed screw befor you let the brake peddle return. Useing speedbleeders allows one person to do the job without them it will take two people. Continue pushing the brake peddle until you get the desired amount of fluid out. I used different color brake fluid so i knew when the majority of old fluid was gone. Do this on all 4 bleed crews.
6. Make sure you frequently check the brake fluid resevoir and replace the fluid you are draining through the bleeder screw. If the break fluid resevoir is out of fluid you may get air in your lines.
7. Try not to get brake fluid on your skin.
8. I think I used 1/2 clear tubing put over the end of the bleeder screw to catch the fluid . I just drained it into an old milk jug. Then took it to recycle. Hope I remembered everything.

 

How much new break fluid do you need if you bleed the breaks?

 

1 liter is enough for a complete flush.

 

You can do a gravity flush alone and don't need speed bleaders. The only downside is that it takes awhile.

 

speed bleeders are key to the ease of bleeding the brake system by yourself.

 

Where do you guys purchase the speed bleeders? I checked their website but didn't see an S2000 application. Have there been any document failures due to speed bleeders?