Last week my right front caliper started sticking so I replaced it... easy enough. When bleeding the brakes I noticed the fluid which was coming out was very dark and had some debris, I have no idea when it was last changed. I don't know if the caliper failed, or if debris in the brake lines clogged something so I would like to flush the lines to be safe. I want to be sure to do this correctly so I have a couple questions below:
Q1: Is flushing the brake lines the correct thing to do in the case where the fluid looks horrible and a caliper recently failed? Is there any chance of making things worse by lodging debris currently in the brake lines?
Q2:
Is the process for flushing the lines as follows: fill up reservoir, connect clear tubing to bleed screw, have someone apply brakes until resistance is felt, open the bleed screw on rear passenger side, as soon as brake pedal hits floor close bleed screw and repeat?
Q3: Is the correct bleeding order for a TJ passenger rear, drivers rear, passenger front, drivers front? Or does this matter?
Q4: I assume I will have to fill the reservoir multiple times to get new fluid to each caliper, do I need to put the reservoir cap on each time after filling, or if I monitor to ensure it does not run dry can I leave the cap off?
Q5: This is all to be done with the engine off correct?
Q6: Anything I am missing?
Before it gets suggested... I would prefer to keep this as cheap as possible and do it the old school way rather than buy a vacuum brake bleeder.
Q1: Is flushing the brake lines the correct thing to do in the case where the fluid looks horrible and a caliper recently failed? Is there any chance of making things worse by lodging debris currently in the brake lines?
Q2:
Is the process for flushing the lines as follows: fill up reservoir, connect clear tubing to bleed screw, have someone apply brakes until resistance is felt, open the bleed screw on rear passenger side, as soon as brake pedal hits floor close bleed screw and repeat?
Q3: Is the correct bleeding order for a TJ passenger rear, drivers rear, passenger front, drivers front? Or does this matter?
Q4: I assume I will have to fill the reservoir multiple times to get new fluid to each caliper, do I need to put the reservoir cap on each time after filling, or if I monitor to ensure it does not run dry can I leave the cap off?
Q5: This is all to be done with the engine off correct?
Q6: Anything I am missing?
Before it gets suggested... I would prefer to keep this as cheap as possible and do it the old school way rather than buy a vacuum brake bleeder.