Originally Posted by BrianBrave
Be careful Les - the repair manually specifically states not to pump the brake pedal to bleed the lines. They suggest a simple gravity bleed (or vacuum bleed) - Pumping the pedal only brakes up the air bubbles down into little bubbles and distributes them through out the system.
Get some ATE Super Blue or Castol SRF fluid and suction out the majority of fluid in the reservior. Then just gravity feed each line until pure blue...
I also like Porterfield R-4E compound pads....
I'm using ATE Blue currently but will be changing to Motul 600. I didn't know that about using the brake pedal to bleed the brakes. I'll look it up. No problem though, I can vacuum bleed or gravity bleed just as easily. I'm using Porterfield R4S and until this last track day they worked great. The higher speeds with the new configuration of the track were too much for them. So, how do the R4E pads work on the street?
Les
I read the service manual and it says not to pump the brakes. All manuals say that so if done correctly the pedal method should be fine. However, I'm going to do the gravity bleed just to see if it works better than what I've been doing.