Change brake fluid once a year?

[slaughterj]

The factory manual recommends pressure bleeding which can easily be done with a Motive Brake Bleeder. With it you don't have to run back and forth pumping the pedal.

Not much back & forth with the speedbleeders really, lots o' pumps on the first one, less so as you get further forward.

 

[Toronto_ACR]

Thanks for the instructions Ulyses. I noticed you did not mention anything about pumping the brakes. dont you have to pump the brakes at some point. If so when and why.

Thanks

Can someone please post the steps required to change the fluid. I hear it is very easy but I
would appreciate the complete steps required to do it right.

Drain most of, but not all of the fluid in the brake fluid reservoir. (I use a turkey baster for this, don't get any on the paint)
Replace with clean, brake fluid. (don't get any on the paint)
Start with the bleed valve furthest from reservoir (passenger side rear).
Using your favorite bleed tool, crack the bleeder and and drain until fluid is clear and all air bubbles are gone.
Tighten bleeder, work your way to the closest bleeder to the reservoir (driver's side front) in this fashion:

pass-rear, drv-rear, pass-front, drv-front.

The front calipers have 2 bleeders. do EDIT: inside-outside-inside.

Keep an eye on the reservoir and make sure you don't run it dry by filling it up when it gets low (did I mention not getting any fluid on the paint?)

Your done!

How easy is it to use the one man fluid extractors(the kind sold at Griot's garage)?

I had a problem with Griot's vaccum extractor. The red fitting did not seal very well and even pusing down on it did not help. I had to rig someting up with extra tubing to get it to work right. If you use Griot's extractor, make sure you don't create a large vaccum. (3 to 4 pumps max).

 

[Ulysses]

With the speed bleeders you do during the bleed operation, but with the vacuum extractors and pressure bleeders, you don't.

 

[Clifton Viper]

Speed Bleeder site only lists 92-97 Viper sizes. Does anyone know if Gen 2's are the same?

Thanks.

 

[jcaspar1]

Not much back & forth with the speedbleeders really, lots o' pumps on the first one, less so as you get further forward.

[/QUOTE]

I thought you would have to go back and forth for each bleeder; 6 times for the fronts and twice for the rears. Plus back and forth for refilling the master cylinder. With the Speed Bleeders, how do you know you got all the air out if you cannot watch the fluid as it comes out?

 

[Ulysses]

how do you know you got all the air out if you cannot watch the fluid as it comes out?

That's what friends are for.

 

[Ulysses]

Speed Bleeder site only lists 92-97 Viper sizes. Does anyone know if Gen 2's are the same?

Same.

 

[slaughterj]

Speed Bleeder site only lists 92-97 Viper sizes. Does anyone know if Gen 2's are the same?

Same.

Yep.

 

[slaughterj]

Not much back & forth with the speedbleeders really, lots o' pumps on the first one, less so as you get further forward.

I thought you would have to go back and forth for each bleeder; 6 times for the fronts and twice for the rears. Plus back and forth for refilling the master cylinder. With the Speed Bleeders, how do you know you got all the air out if you cannot watch the fluid as it comes out?

[/QUOTE]

Well, I was probably pretty liberal with the amount of fluid I had flow through the system. I'd open the speedbleeder, put the drain tube on it, pump the pedal a hell of a lot while watching the master cylinder. Observe the fluid in the drain tube, fill the master cylinder and continue. Did a few run-arounds, but wasn't bad and it made it so I could do it myself.