Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 10:45 am, by: Peter Nitschke(Pen)
The main thing is to see that the master cylinder doesn't get empty, as then air gets sucked right through the system when you bleed the brakes. Leaving the cap on helps a lot.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 12:18 pm, by: Justin Cook(Justin)
Aaaahh like the guys above who took it to professionals and now have spongy brakes.
No offence, but I would rather do it myself. I would be quite happy to take it to someone who is awesome at it....but unfortunately Neil lives too far away. I am not going to go and pay some place that charges me $80 an hour to have some apprentice do it, without supervision.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 12:33 pm, by: Avin Luther(Lex_luther)
the guy above 'did it with the help of a mechanic mate!' sounds like a backyard job. Not to take anything away from Neil, but i think there are other mechanics in Australia that can bleed and fit a set of steel lines. When i have a smallish job to be done, i always talk to the mechanic first, let them know that i know a bit about the car and often wait around while they are working, so they wont cut corners.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 01:08 pm, by: Gary Redman(Gary)
I changed to TT callipers and steel lines and the system bled perfectly straight away. Obviously the best way is to connect up as quick as possible to avoid having fluid everywhere but I would think it would involve a lot of fluid loss to get back to the ABS
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 01:28 pm, by: Peter Nitschke(Pen)
Gary, if the master cylinder reservoir is open, then you have a free flow and then it can suck air in at the top. With it closed, then it's mainly dribbling and some air getting in where you are working which is easily expelled when you bleed.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 09:23 pm, by: Ken Packer(Kpack)
Justin,the main thing with bleeding brakes is work from the furthest wheel towards the master cylinder. Installing the steel braided hoses is easy ( Peter Scott has a tutorial on Planet Soarer), just be sure not to let the master cylinder fluid level drop top the bottom , and bleed from the passenger side rear , then back toward the master cylinder. I'd recommend Motul RBF brake fluid , no worries on track days.!!
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 03:22 pm, by: Brendan McGannon(1jzspec)
is it just me or does everyone think mechanics and apprentices are dodgy in one way or another? i just finished my cert 4 in vehicle mech after being an apprentice for 4 years and having worked with many different companies NOT every mechanic is dodgy and cuts corners
Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 12:57 pm, by: Dan McColl(Hoon)
No, but I'm sure a lot of people here could tell you about their horror stories with dodgy mechanics that don't understand the car and overcharge for shoddy work that took twice as long as it should have because they didn't know what they were doing.
I work on my own car because I trust myself to do a good job.
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