Bled the brakes - sequence?

[N3FOL]

I got my speedbleeders last week and I was able to bleed my brakes earlier today. The bleeders were great and I did not realize how easy it is to bleed brakes with them. I had owned my 95 since 95 and this is the first time the brakes had been bled. But, I had replaced the brake fluid twice by sucking off the fluid from the reservoir...Anyhow, I went ahead and bled the brakes doing the right rear 1st, left rear 2nd, right front 3rd and left front 4th. I did test drive the car after the procedure and the pedal felt nice and solid. Tonight...I wish I had double checked past threads on bleeding brakes and they state...right rear 1st then --->left front--->left rear--->right front.

Is everything OK even though I did not follow the recommended bleeding sequence?

 

[DHMag]

ive always bled my brakes by starting furthest from the master cylinder and working towards the closest without any problems.

 

[Xs SHO 1]

ive always bled my brakes by starting furthest from the master cylinder and working towards the closest without any problems.

I agree....

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

ive always bled my brakes by starting furthest from the master cylinder and working towards the closest without any problems.

thats how i was taught to do it

 

[Sho_Freak]

thats how i have been taught and i have never had any probs.

 

[N3FOL]

Bled Brakes

Thank you guys for the feedback. I feel much better now knowing that what I did is the right way.

 

[NWGRN94MTX]

Check the factory manual!

According to the factory Service manual, Taurus/Sable 1994, section 06-06-16, service procedures, step 10, it says to do the RR, THEN LF, THEN LR, THEN RF! on ABS equipped cars. Also see section 06-09-70 for bleeding the ABS pump.

 

[Grifter]

A friend of mine also got speed bleeders but I didnt understand exactly how they worked. Anyone care to educate me?

 

[91 SHOplus]

According to the factory Service manual, Taurus/Sable 1994, section 06-06-16, service procedures, step 10, it says to do the RR, THEN LF, THEN LR, THEN RF! on ABS equipped cars. Also see section 06-09-70 for bleeding the ABS pump.

W3rd, Although I like the redneck ABS bleeding method.
Get a good head of steam going and do a panic stop. When the ABS kcicks in (THUDTHUDTHUDTHUD...) It's bled itself for you!

 

[NWGRN94MTX]

shopartsnw does have a few used ABS pumps if you need them. I found a ABS cycling tool on ebay, brand new for about $45.00

W3rd, Although I like the redneck ABS bleeding method.
Get a good head of steam going and do a panic stop. When the ABS kcicks in (THUDTHUDTHUDTHUD...) It's bled itself for you!

 

[d-man-sho]

This is kind of off topic, but when changing the brakes on my Intrepid the general consensus is to open the bleeder valve when compressing the caliper so that the fluid that is sitting in the caliper, and all of the gunk that falls to the lowest part in the system, is not forced back into the abs system. Does that apply to SHO's? I don’t know enough about abs systems to know, though it probably doesn’t because I assume there’s a bit of a difference between the systems.

 

[NWGRN94MTX]

I do it that way. Also take the master cylinder cap completly off so the sensor doesn't get screwed up.Then I bleed the system after cycling the ABS pump. As a matter of fact, I going to do the tonight to ready my car for open track at Pacific.

This is kind of off topic, but when changing the brakes on my Intrepid the general consensus is to open the bleeder valve when compressing the caliper so that the fluid that is sitting in the caliper, and all of the gunk that falls to the lowest part in the system, is not forced back into the abs system. Does that apply to SHO's? I don’t know enough about abs systems to know, though it probably doesn’t because I assume there’s a bit of a difference between the systems.

 

[Ferendon]

I always do brakes that way, on every vehicle I work on. It's a good practice, and cheap insurance, considering it doesn't take but a few seconds longer to loosen the bleeder, and a little bit of brake fluid.

 

[N3FOL]

Speed bleeders

A friend of mine also got speed bleeders but I didnt understand exactly how they worked. Anyone care to educate me?

Here is the website for your viewing ---> Speed Bleeder

 

[Grifter]

Here is the website for your viewing ---> Speed Bleeder

Cool, thanks.