The morning after I had put on the Stoptech Aerorotors I decided to bleed my brakes as well before leaving for Spa.
According to the FAQ it should not be a time-consuming job so I decided to try it.
First of all, I put the car on stands and took off all four wheels. By now I have done this so often it only takes me about 10 minutes.
Second, I opened op the hood and took off the cap of the brake-fluid reservoir. Days before, I had bought myself a Easy-Bleed system. Basically, this is a bottle which you fill with fresh fluid, attach to your reservoir and the pressurize so you can bleed your brakes all by yourself. However, this was the time I'm finding out the supplied caps are too small so I needed a person to help me out. Luckily, I had a friend at my place at that moment who was willing to help me out.
However, she had to fix her hair first. And no, don't ask me. It wasn't in the FAQ and this was the first time I ever bled my brakes so what do I know..
While waiting for my assistant, I emptied the reservoir a little with a simple spoon (yes, I have time) and filled it up with ATE Blue brake-fluid.
With a person helping you the procedure is very simple. You need a 10mm wrench and a small hose which you attach to the bleed nipple of your brakes. This little bleed-nut is covered with a small plastic cap and is located on the top-front of your calipers. You guide the hose into a bottle or something. Then you loosen the nut and tell your assistant to push done on the brake-pedal slowly. This will push out the brake-fluid into the bottle. When he/she is done your assistant will have to say so. Then you tighten the nut again and he/she can release the pedal again, telling you again when the pedal is fully up. You repeat this steps until you see fresh fluid coming out of the hose. In my case, this was easy to tell, because the old fluid was clear and the ATE was dark blue.
You do this for at all your brakes, starting with the right-rear, then left-front, then left-rear and last your right-front.
The rear-brakes, because of the longer brake-lines, require more push-cycles than the front. You also have to check the fluid-level in the reservoir every 10-12 cycles because if you accidently empty it you will be sucking air in your brake-system and that is NOT good. Then, when your are finished, inspect all calipers for leaking fluid and don't forget to put the rubber caps back on. Then, make sure the reservoir is filled to the mark and put the lid back on. Also, before driving the car, don't forget to push on the brake-pedal a few times to get it pressurized.
Including waiting for the hair-job, it only took about 1 hour to do it all. In all, I tapped off maybe like 3/4 of a liter of fluid which is less than I expected.
Actually, I like doing it because I had a lot of fun and this was really easy to do (even for me).
This is the brake-fluid reservoir with the cover off.
According to the FAQ it should not be a time-consuming job so I decided to try it.
First of all, I put the car on stands and took off all four wheels. By now I have done this so often it only takes me about 10 minutes.
Second, I opened op the hood and took off the cap of the brake-fluid reservoir. Days before, I had bought myself a Easy-Bleed system. Basically, this is a bottle which you fill with fresh fluid, attach to your reservoir and the pressurize so you can bleed your brakes all by yourself. However, this was the time I'm finding out the supplied caps are too small so I needed a person to help me out. Luckily, I had a friend at my place at that moment who was willing to help me out.
However, she had to fix her hair first. And no, don't ask me. It wasn't in the FAQ and this was the first time I ever bled my brakes so what do I know..
While waiting for my assistant, I emptied the reservoir a little with a simple spoon (yes, I have time) and filled it up with ATE Blue brake-fluid.
With a person helping you the procedure is very simple. You need a 10mm wrench and a small hose which you attach to the bleed nipple of your brakes. This little bleed-nut is covered with a small plastic cap and is located on the top-front of your calipers. You guide the hose into a bottle or something. Then you loosen the nut and tell your assistant to push done on the brake-pedal slowly. This will push out the brake-fluid into the bottle. When he/she is done your assistant will have to say so. Then you tighten the nut again and he/she can release the pedal again, telling you again when the pedal is fully up. You repeat this steps until you see fresh fluid coming out of the hose. In my case, this was easy to tell, because the old fluid was clear and the ATE was dark blue.
You do this for at all your brakes, starting with the right-rear, then left-front, then left-rear and last your right-front.
The rear-brakes, because of the longer brake-lines, require more push-cycles than the front. You also have to check the fluid-level in the reservoir every 10-12 cycles because if you accidently empty it you will be sucking air in your brake-system and that is NOT good. Then, when your are finished, inspect all calipers for leaking fluid and don't forget to put the rubber caps back on. Then, make sure the reservoir is filled to the mark and put the lid back on. Also, before driving the car, don't forget to push on the brake-pedal a few times to get it pressurized.
Including waiting for the hair-job, it only took about 1 hour to do it all. In all, I tapped off maybe like 3/4 of a liter of fluid which is less than I expected.
Actually, I like doing it because I had a lot of fun and this was really easy to do (even for me).
This is the brake-fluid reservoir with the cover off.
