What size hose fits best to the bleeder screw?
Depends on the bleeder. Food-rated clear tubing is dirt cheap at just about any hardware store. Grab a few feet of 3/16" I/D and 1/4" I/D and you're covered for most vehicles.
What size hose fits best to the bleeder screw?
So I have just replaced my rear calipers pads and rotors and I also just replaced my master cylinder and I made sure to bench bleed. But I have bled the brakes all around with the two person method but my brakes still go to the floor? Do I need to use this vacuum bleeder because I’ve heard it’s hard to get the air out of the abs lines. But when I’m bleeding the brakes there is no air coming out of the lines just fresh fluid. Also my brakes have always been really squishy and went to the floor and I wanted to fix that so I but a new master cylinder in but now they are worse. Please help lol. ThanksWhen working on your TJ, it's inevitable that you'll eventually need to end up bleeding your brakes.
From personal experience, I can tell you that in invaluable tool to have when bleeding your brakes is a vacuum brake bleeder such as the Mityvac MV8000 vacuum brake bleeder.
If you happen to have one of those already, here's a great tutorial on how to use one to bleed your brakes:
Start with making sure the bleed screws are on top and report back.So I have just replaced my rear calipers pads and rotors and I also just replaced my master cylinder and I made sure to bench bleed. But I have bled the brakes all around with the two person method but my brakes still go to the floor? Do I need to use this vacuum bleeder because I’ve heard it’s hard to get the air out of the abs lines. But when I’m bleeding the brakes there is no air coming out of the lines just fresh fluid. Also my brakes have always been really squishy and went to the floor and I wanted to fix that so I but a new master cylinder in but now they are worse. Please help lol. Thanks
What do you mean on top?Start with making sure the bleed screws are on top and report back.
No I don’t understand what you mean by make sure the bleeder screws are on top. Like make sure the bleeder screws are facing the top on the caliper?Not on the bottom.
So do I have the calipers on the wrong side? And why would the matter?Not on the bottom.
Bleeder has to be on the top to get the air out of the lines. Air bubbles rise.
O well that’s the problem then I just have the calipers in the wrong sides. Thank you! I will fix that tomorrow and report back.Bleeder has to be on the top to get the air out of the lines. Air bubbles rise.
Yeah someone probably replaced those calipers because This same thing happened to me when I replaced my front caliper. All of the oem bleeder values were standard but the new one was a metric size.Finally got around to this yesterday, and I'm really glad I did because the fluid was BLACK. I left the wheels on and used a bleed bottle with a check valve and magnet to get the hose angled above the screw.
I used an 8mm on the rears and a 3/4" for the fronts. I checked the FSM and don't see what size they should be, but it seems strange to have a mix of metric and SAE?
Bringing back an old thread, I am a little confused specifically on the hard and fast portion. I have been under the impression from what I have read that too hard and fast could damage the master. On a side note how fast is fast in this case? Is it emergency stop fast or something closer to a car stopped a little quicker in front of you than anticipated fast?Do not ever do the pump and hold method, all that does is aerate the fluid.
Open screw, pedal to the floor hard and fast, close screw, let pedal up, repeat.
Do you have to replace the master after an emergency stop?Bringing back an old thread, I am a little confused specifically on the hard and fast portion. I have been under the impression from what I have read that too hard and fast could damage the master. On a side note how fast is fast in this case? Is it emergency stop fast or something closer to a car stopped a little quicker in front of you than anticipated fast?
Fair enough. I presume that the exact speed of the pump doesn’t matter a whole ton so long as its not slow?Do you have to replace the master after an emergency stop?
I'm not going to define hard and fast.Fair enough. I presume that the exact speed of the pump doesn’t matter a whole ton so long as its not slow?
Sounds good to me. Was just over thinking how simple a brake bleed is. Thanks for the helpI'm not going to define hard and fast.