Dartin for Divorce

DentalDart said

I've been having my wife let the pedal fall to the floor before I close the bleeder, maybe this is why it's not bleeding perfectly? Should I not allow the pedal to fall to the floor? I read on here just now that it can "trip" the proportioning valve."

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I bleed brakes by myself....too frustrating for both my wife and I ! :BangHead: The way I do it is with a quart of brake fluid, and a pint of brake fluid in a separate bottle to pour from. I do right rear, left rear, right front, left front....in that order. I use a glass soda bottle with a few inches of brake fluid poured into the bottom. It takes a while to do it this way, and you need peace and QUIET when you start. I take a vacuum hose, and run it from the open bleeder to the bottom of the drink bottle, below the fluid in the bottle. I then get in the car, and very slowly pump the brake pedal down, while listening to the bubbles blowing into the bottle. That's why you need it quiet...so you can hear it bubbling. When you release the pedal slowly and let it come back up, it will suck brake fluid out of the bottle instead of air. Push it down slowly again, listening for the bubbling, then slowly ease it back up. Check the fluid in the master cylinder, and add some to fill it back up. You have to check it more often with the back brakes, because the reservoir is smaller. When you hear no more bubbles being blown into the bottle, stop and close the bleeder before removing the vacuum hose or moving the bottle. Move on to the next wheel, and repeat. You can do the same thing with a Mighty Vac tool, but my hillbilly way works just fine for me...lol.