How to Tighten a Brake Bleed

Part of the Video Series How to Change Brake Fluid

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Controlling a brake fluid bleeding. Learn how to tighten and loosen the bleed when bleeding the brake fluid from a car in this free video.

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Posted by dario on Saturday, 04 August, 2007 at 5:59 AM

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Sir John, is it ok to turn on the engine every time i took bleeding? Gracias

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How to Tighten a Brake Bleed
Hi! This is John on behalf of Expert Village. In this video clip, I will be taking you through step 3 in our procedure for bleeding your brakes. The next steps require two people. What I am going to do is I am going to tell the person inside the car to step on the brake pedal. As they do that, I am going to loosen up the bleeder screw and fluid is going to come out and then I am going to tighten it up before the person in the car lets off the brake pedal. If we don't do it in this sequence, then air could feasibly get into the brake lines. Push it, let off, push it, let off; you may need to do this 3 or 4 times before you get a steady stream of brake fluid to come out.

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Expert: Jon holds a B.S. with an endorsement in Industrial Technology Education from the University of Nebraska. He teaches high school auto mechanics and has been working on cars for over 10 years. Read More