Any problem with bleeding the brakes from closest to the master cylinder back?

Benski

Benski

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Ok. I looked up how to bleed my brakes, and the one post I read, said to do it from closest to the master cylinder back. Now that I have done it and checked a few other posts, others say the opposite. I also bled my manual clutch cylinder which was black with gunk in the bottom! That won't happen again. It seemed to go alright and on the test drive, the brakes worked fine. For future reference will you tell me what is the proper sequence and why that is important.
 
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If you're worried about it you can just re bleed the front ones and be done with it. It'll only take a few minutes
 
I believe you had it right. If there is air in the lines then you will want to push it out of the closest brake. If you start with the brake that is furthest from the MC then you are pushing air down the longest brake line which will in turn take longer and more fluid to bleed. I'm not mechanic tho so could be wrong. Just sounds like common sense that way I guess.

Last time I bled my brakes was a few weeks ago when I had to replace my brake booster. My buddy who is a Lexus tech told me to just bleed through the MC because any air would be at the top of the line. Took me about 5 minutes and my brakes are good as new that way.
 
You more times than not bleed the brakes from the furthest inward. On a rear/front set up. So right rear then left rear then right front and finally left front. You do that because when air gets in the system there is no way of telling which brake line its in. Every manufacturer will have instructions on which setup the cars brake system is. Either front/rear or horizontal setup.
 
z28forlife said:
You more times than not bleed the brakes from the furthest inward. On a rear/front set up. So right rear then left rear then right front and finally left front. You do that because when air gets in the system there is no way of telling which brake line its in. Every manufacturer will have instructions on which setup the cars brake system is. Either front/rear or horizontal setup.
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So there could be different bleeding sequences? Is farthest first recommended for our trucks?
 
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