which order to bleed the brakes

[325_track_day]

just replaced al my rear brake pipes etc which order should i blled them now is it furthest away from the cylinder ? ie o/s/r ? thanks guys

[Gunni]

If you only need to bleed the rear it will not matter as you have to do both,
they also connect together in the back so after one is done, the other one only needs to be bleed from the split to the caliper

[Toby_Unna]

if you have a tenner or so spare buy an Easibleed kit, well worth it!

uses air pressure from spare tyre to pressurise the reservoir, so you literally fill the res then go round the car undoing each nipple until only fluid squirts out.

perfect bleeding everytime, with only one person!

if you do it the conventional way then as you say start with osr then do nsr. it's not critical as the lengths are similar and you're not doing the fronts.

[325_track_day]

although i did replace the fron too rear pipe that was fun in steel lol

cant seem to get it to clip in to the last clip ( the one neareest the filter under the bonnet) is that a mot failure it goes into all the others ok worried about snapping it the 3m steel pipe that is .

[Toby_Unna]

don't need to use all the clips. i've pushed my luck with attaching brake pipes for mots before and as long as the pipe feels secure when you touch it and isn't rubbing against anything it should be ok.

steel i usually do a copper pipe bodge job! safe to use and doesn't rust, but you never get the unions undone again as they twist the pipe. remove one union and you have to do the entire pipe again!

[325_track_day]

as i replaced the fron to rear pipe and am replacong with dot five i guess i need to bleed the lot lol. so which order ?

[325_track_day]

no one ever answer my post sorry its not about a big bore exhaust of 17 inch alpinas

[ed325i]

Hi, o/s/r - n/s/r- o/s/f then n/s/f and if you have ABS you should have the engine running while you bleed the system.
ED

[charlE30]

Cheers Ed I'm about to bleed my brakes today and have ABS and didn't know the bit about having the engine running

[325_track_day]

thanks ed much appreciated