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Originally Posted by Arthur Dalton
Boy , you blew that one
You don't bleed the system at all, You simply open the bleeder to make pushing the caliper back WITHOUT having to use a clamp.. cuz there is now no PRESSURE to push against .. meaning LESS work..When the caliper is back , you tighten the bleeder , No bleeding needed ,and with the added benefit of getting rid of the crap in the caliper ... plus , talk about less work.. now you do not even have to worry about the fluid raising the res level to overflow.
.. if you do not know a single mechanic that knows this common, time saving trick of the trade , you do not know any good mechanics..
.. and I will not even continue to school you on the benefits of brake fluid changes , cuz anyone who has been doing brakes for 32 years and would not be familiar with the hygroscopic properties of brake fluid and the problems that it causes is not about to listen to common sense..
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If you change fluid you do it the right way....your way wastes some of the fluid without changing all of it...and overly complicats a simple job....
I still say if you are changing fluid you do all of it...not a little of it...
If you are changing brakes there is no need or reason to do what you described....
You do not end up with the beifits of a proper fluid change...becasue if you have a contamination you just contaminated the tiny amount you put in...and never achieved what you wanted to do.
I know all about changing fluid.....but I do it the right way....I do all of it at once...