Changed pads and fluid today using Billman's gravity method
Came out very easy and took 1.5 hours. Used ATE Blue.
Don't feel the difference in pedal though...

 

have someone pump it...sometimes the air gets trapped somehwere along the line

 

hi im doing this my first time and i read everything but some parts are not clear to me and i need help.

1. is this the right order Driver Front, Passenger Front, Passenger Rear, Driver Rear

2. when emptying the reservoir do you need to take all brake fluid or leave a little like min level. this confuses me cause you cant empty the reservoir right?



thanks

 

Tried doing gravity bleed today, but no workey?!

 

Does anyone have any tips on how to do this if the brake fluid you're putting in is the same color as the stuff that's in there already? I'm gravity bleeding right now, and it seems to be working great. But I have no idea when the old fluid is completely out of the system.

Can someone who has done this with SuperBlue tell me approximately how much the reservoir drops per caliper before it starts turning blue? A full max - min drop? more? less?

 

use clear tubing and you can see when the fluid is clean!

since ur using ate, if ur not sure, just use a 1/4 of the bottle for each corner. that's probably quite a waste, but at least you know it's done. ate is cheap anyways

 

The brake fluid I had in there was fairly new, just replacing it with high temp stuff for the track. It's really hard to tell the difference. I guess "1/4 of the bottle for each corner" is a bit relative to how big of a bottle you have?

 

Billman, thanks again, all the tips you have given me and others over the years have been spot on...you are an asset to this forum sir!

 

I simply wanted to pass on a word of thanks to Billman for outlining the gravity bleed technique. I utilized this technique on my '05 S2000 and it worked GREAT! Due to the remarkable results, I tried it on my 2nd gen Acura RL and it worked great on that as well. Though, the results were more dramatic on the RL than the S2000.

It does take a while to do, but the results are well worth the wait.

Thanks....

 

using a hose you can do gravity or pump by yourself

i just spent 1.5hrs (woulda taken less time but its like 100 ****** degrees outside and i have no shade)

pumped probably 8 or 9 times for the rears since there's like 10 extra feet of brake line compared to the fronts and let both sides gravity bleed while i washed the wheels.

nice trick, using a dasani water bottle, use a screwdriver to poke a hole in the cap, using the same clear vinyl tubing referenced in earlier posts you can poke it through the top so you dont have to worry about spilling or air getting in the system