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about to fit my 4 pots each calipar has 2 nipples on them
do you undo both nipps lol or one at a time?
any help would be great
thanks :thumb:
I'd go for bleeding the inboard side first then the outboard... although you may find you need to do a few trips round them all lol
stupid q's why a few trips dude?
because as you bleed the air out of the 1st nipple , there is still air between that point and the 2nd nipple ,
which could draw back past the 1st nipple so after bleeding the 2nd nipple , you could find the air will be in the 1st again
sounds gibberish , but you should get what i mean
Because no matter how much you talk to it, the air in the calipers isn't going to play nicely.
lol kk thanks so start from inner nipple then outer nip then same on other side
make sure the nipples always point upwards.......many people have fell foul of that one.....
make sure the nipples always point upwards.......many people have fell foul of that one.....
Although some 4pots have 4 nipples, so you can mount the feckers anyway up lol
Wazza024
16-07-11, 09:52 AM
My 4 pots have 4 nipples and you have to keep doing each of them to get the air out it sounds a pain
just get a vacuum bleeder then
one of them esay bleed kits ?
a bit posher.. you can get one that physically sucks the fluid & air bubbles thru.
only seen them easy bleed kits for sale dude
Although some 4pots have 4 nipples, so you can mount the feckers anyway up lol
Other than on the bottom of the disc, all 4 pointing down :p
Other than on the bottom of the disc, all 4 pointing down :p
They'd be horizontal in the 'worst' case :p
I've seen the latest batch of hyper cars are mounting their callipers nearly horizontal now :)
They'd be horizontal in the 'worst' case :p
I've seen the latest batch of hyper cars are mounting their callipers nearly horizontal now :)
Nearly, long as the nipples still point up (snigger) it's fine though, apparently it makes sod all difference though, can only imagine they do it to look different.
Brings the cog of unsprung mass down ;)
Brings the cog of unsprung mass down ;)
True, although the fact it's unsprung mass doesn't make the CoG drop any more effective, but yeah that's good a reason as any to do it. You can actually mount them purely flat, bleeding is a pain though as it means taking the calipers off and sliding them round the disc lol
True, although the fact it's unsprung mass doesn't make the CoG drop any more effective, but yeah that's good a reason as any to do it. You can actually mount them purely flat, bleeding is a pain though as it means taking the calipers off and sliding them round the disc lol
I'm sure for the price paid for those kinda cars the labour to bleed is irrelevant lol
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