Bleeding brakes stupid question

[Nobby]

Right would i get a pedal without the servo pipe being on?? i guess not as its not holding any vacuum?? just i was trying to bleed my brakes through on the front and let the fluid drip out first and then went down slowly on the pedal now its got a little bit if bite but not a hard pedal! please tell me im being stupid and when my carbs are on they will be ok! :thumb: :confused:

[comptoncj]

the pedal would be firmer with the servo pipe off mate

[Nobby]

oooo :(

[comptoncj]

You running rear discs? aparently they can be a cause of a soft pedal, if you have no luck manually try with a pressure bleeder if you can get hold of one.

[let_nova]

bleed the furthest away from servo first like passenger rear, drivers rear,passenger frond, drivers front

[Nobby]

ive only changed the front hoses and calipers but im scared if fuking the master cylinder up, could i have the calipers upside down?

[comptoncj]

how long have you tried bleeding it for as new calipers will take a while to bleed up, well they did on my first nova build.

[Nobby]

only for 5mins basically lol will have another bash tommorow :D

[let_nova]

bleed nipple to the top

[Benn]

Leave the cap of the fluid pot, you shouldn't damage the mc at all

[Rich]

open the bleed nipple, you need to pump the pedal constantly until its pure fluid coming out and no air bubbles, then the pedal needs to be held flat to the floor then do up the bleed nipple. start from the rear right, rear left, front left, front right.

Bleed nipples should be at the top, otherwise they wont bleed up.

You need an assistant ideally

[Nobby]

bleed nipples were at the bottom hehe