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pie
15-07-11, 10:04 AM
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:
Stuart
15-07-11, 10:06 AM
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
pie
15-07-11, 10:14 AM
stupid q's why a few trips dude?
Riggy
15-07-11, 10:28 AM
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
MK999
15-07-11, 10:33 AM
Because no matter how much you talk to it, the air in the calipers isn't going to play nicely.
pie
15-07-11, 10:36 AM
lol kk thanks so start from inner nipple then outer nip then same on other side
mowgli
15-07-11, 11:27 AM
make sure the nipples always point upwards.......many people have fell foul of that one.....
Stuart
15-07-11, 11:57 AM
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
mowgli
16-07-11, 01:06 PM
just get a vacuum bleeder then
pie
16-07-11, 01:13 PM
one of them esay bleed kits ?
mowgli
16-07-11, 01:17 PM
a bit posher.. you can get one that physically sucks the fluid & air bubbles thru.
pie
16-07-11, 01:23 PM
only seen them easy bleed kits for sale dude
MK999
16-07-11, 09:30 PM
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
Stuart
17-07-11, 09:39 AM
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 :)
MK999
17-07-11, 11:04 AM
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.
Stuart
17-07-11, 11:06 AM
Brings the cog of unsprung mass down ;)
MK999
17-07-11, 11:14 AM
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
Stuart
17-07-11, 11:41 AM
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