DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> Question about changing brake fluid. Do you open the bleeder screws and
> drain the system dry, then add new fluid to the master and systematically
> bleed each wheel as though you were routinely bleeding them, or do you open
> one at a time, keep adding fluid to the Master while pumping the old fluid
> out, till that wheel fluid runs clear?
>
> If the former, do you flush the brake lines with anything, like alcohol?
>From a complete restoration or brake rebuild, I flush with alcohol.
But for my routine every 2 year fluid change, I just start at the back
while some one pumps and some one adds fluid.
Once it comes out clean in the back, I bleed the other wheels until
clean.
I don't know if this is correct but it only takes about 15 minutes with
2 helpers.
I also don't know if it helps with the seals or not, but consider
replacing all the hydraulic seals every 5 or 6 years max.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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