Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

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Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by Sirlancealot_alot » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:48 pm

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my haynes manual is telling me to start the bleeding with the left rear wheel, this seems wrong to me. I'm thinking I should start nearest the master cylinder, which would be the drivers front, the shortest distance, then the passenger front, then the drivers rear and then passenger rear.
Starting at the back seems to me like I would lock air into the system instead of psuhing it out.
So before I start and make a horlicks of it, could anyone confirm the correct sequence?.
(Drivers Front, Passenger Front, Drivers Rear, Passenger Rear,)
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by RickUK » Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:08 pm

I would tend to go by the Haynes manual rather than ones own guess work,of course they could have it all wrong but gut feeling tells me they are right.
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:13 pm

I was taught furthest from master first
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by twiss » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:37 pm

It is definitely furthest away first
Otherwise you could bleed one and the end up with air back in it from the other ones... Pass rear, driver rear, pass front, driver front
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by Jordi » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:54 pm

Furthest first.
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by Anton » Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:44 pm

I do it farthest first, and so far it's worked ok.

Got a Gunton ezbleed kit though, so it's super easy.
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by dan_2k_uk » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:17 am

As above
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by dan_2k_uk » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:18 am

Preferably through the nipples if they still move!
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Re: Bleeding Sequence on a Samurai 1991

Post by Sirlancealot_alot » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:58 am

Thanks for all of the replies, everyone has agreed with Haynes and everyone has agreed to start from the corner furthest away from the master. I must have been holding on to an old memory that was clearly wrong, I'm going to blame my dad!. Thanks again.

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