Thread: Bleeding Brakes

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Hi guys i'm working on my 72 chevelle and i just replaced the whole brake systm but now i'm trying to bleed the system, and find out its a pain in the a$$. If anyone could please give me some advice or some tips on of to bleed the system and maybe on hot to speed up the process.

Fill the brake resevoir up full,,,,get yourself four pop bottles,,,fill each bottle a couple of inches with brake fluid,,,take four peices of hose,,,attach one peice of hose to each bleed nipple,,,now open the bleed nipples a turn, and take the cap off the master cylinder resevoir,,,,make sure you keep the fluid topped up,,,this is called gravity bleeding,,,and on most brake systems it works dandy.
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Hey guys thanks for all the suggestions and i'll try them and let yall know it it goes, but if anyone has any more tips keep them coming.

Fill up the master cylinder. Have someone set in the car and step on the brake pedal and slowly press it all the way to the floor, then let it up----repeat----repeat a third time but hold the pedal on the downstroke and don't let it back up. You start at the farthest wheel from the master cylinder, and crack open the bleed screw. When you do, the pedal will go to the floor, and air/brakefluid will escape from the bleeder. Do not let the pedal up yet. Close the bleed screw. Let the pedal back up.---repeat the entire process 3 times on that wheel. Check the fluid level and fill up the master cylinder each time you bleed a wheel---if you let it run dry, you will pump air into your lines and lose everything you have gained. Then move on to the next farthest wheel cylinder from the master cylinder and repeat. By the time you work your way around to the last wheel, you should have good pedal. Do not flail on the pedal while doing this, or you will inject air into the brake fluid. If that happens, then you have to change brakefluid or wait 2 weeks for the bubbles to coallesce, then start over again. If that fails, and it sometimes does, then you have to investigate vacuum or pressure bleeding.