bleed brakes before clutch?

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bleed brakes before clutch?

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Hi,

When flushing through the brake and clutch fluid should I bleed the brakes first or the clutch cylinder first? Going with the logic of furthest from the master first I'm thinking rear brakes, clutch, front brakes.
This is probably a simple question but I've had a good search on the wiki and forum with no luck.
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brakes and clutch are entirely separate circuits only sharing the same top up tank so you can do them either way.
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Ah I see! Thanks, I'll get going with this job this now (in the rain) At least it will be dry underneath!
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Hi , From memory it goes back offside, back nearside, front offside , then front nearside. It's fairly easy with one of those vacuum bleeder efforts one person job then :ok ( note if you do use a vacuum bleeder , I put a bit of PTFE tape around the bleed nipple thread while getting the fluid through or else it draws air from that joint, having said that I had completely no fluid in the system prior to putting the new fluid in) hope this helps :D

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mrdp wrote:Hi , From memory it goes back offside, back nearside, front offside , then front nearside. It's fairly easy with one of those vacuum bleeder efforts one person job then :ok ( note if you do use a vacuum bleeder , I put a bit of PTFE tape around the bleed nipple thread while getting the fluid through or else it draws air from that joint, having said that I had completely no fluid in the system prior to putting the new fluid in) hope this helps :D



why vacuum bleeder pressure bleeder is surely easier?
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