Brake Hoses - Fitting

[Mattieuk]

One night this week I am going to replace my 182 brake hoses for some Goodridge ones (thanks Fred & Yozza). Through reading the guides on the forum I think I have a cunning plan, but a question I have is once the hoses are on is there a bleed order for the brakes?

Any other tips would be welcome.

Cheers all

 

[MRBILLYUK]

The correct order when doing a full system bleed is :

Left hand front
Right hand front
Left hand rear
Right hand rear

But to be honest i don't really see this as being that important as long as all the air has been expelled from the system .

The size of spanner to remove the brake line from the caliper is 9/16 so i would get myself the correct size spanner , i don't like using adjustables cos they can tend to round the nut off if its tight getting it out .

 

[Mattieuk]

Cheers MRBILLYUK your a :star:

 

[G_F]

The correct order when doing a full system bleed is :

Left hand front
Right hand front
Left hand rear
Right hand rear

That is misinformation

[FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]On a FWD vehicle with a diagonally-split brake system, do the right rear then left front brake, followed by the left rear and right front brake.

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But to be honest i don't really see this as being that important as long as all the air has been expelled from the system .

I don’t see the need either, but its how it’s done at specialist brake centers, so their must be a reason, however tiny and to be honest, it makes no difference to me time wise any order I do it in.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

That is misinformation

[FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]On a FWD vehicle with a diagonally-split brake system, do the right rear then left front brake, followed by the left rear and right front brake.

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I don’t see the need either, but its how it’s done at specialist brake centers, so their must be a reason, however tiny and to be honest, it makes no difference to me time wise any order I do it in.

I still think i'm right , sorry mate :

Left hand front
Right hand front
Left hand rear
Right hand rear

Thats if the car has abs , just looked in 4 different haynes manuals , thats the way i've always done it . But at least we both agree as long as the air is expelled from the system it should be fine either way .

 

[G_F]

You are proberly right actually, i have never had abs before, got a cup and a 10 year old rsi, none of which have abs, didnt think it would be different, my mistake.

 

[edde]

it doesn't matter what order you bleed the brakes so long as you bleed them properly ie let the fluid come out for some time.