What to do not to bleed brakes?

[Dang1]

i goin to be changing my rear brake pads tomorrow.

Usaully when i change brakes i always have to bleed the brakes because my brake pedal is soft.

what should i do so i dont have to bleed the brakes and to have a hard brake pedal?
somebody told me to open the brake fluid tank under the hood and another person said to unscrew the brake fluid screw on the caliper.
is this right?
or anything else i should do?

any ideas will help
thanks

 

[450exc115]

I've always just used a C-clamp to push the pistons back in, slap in some new pads and then just pump up the brakes. Never had a soft pedal or the need to bleed anything.

If you let those hacks at the local oil change place "top off" your fluids then make sure to open the master cylinder and expect to overflow the reservior. Most cars are designed to have a large enough reservior to meet the volume requirement of having nearly all four brakes be fully worn so there should never be a need to add fluid. That being said I always flush my brake systems every 2-3 years as brake fluid absorbs moisture.

 

[Dang1]

I've always just used a C-clamp to push the pistons back in, slap in some new pads and then just pump up the brakes. Never had a soft pedal or the need to bleed anything.

If you let those hacks at the local oil change place "top off" your fluids then make sure to open the master cylinder and expect to overflow the reservior. Most cars are designed to have a large enough reservior to meet the volume requirement of having nearly all four brakes be fully worn so there should never be a need to add fluid. That being said I always flush my brake systems every 2-3 years as brake fluid absorbs moisture.

i also use a c-clamp.
But do you open the open the master cylinder?

Sometimes when i change brakes, and then i press/pump on the brake pedal. after pumping them for a while,the pedel still goes down about more then 4 inches. i like my brake pedel just to compress the most is 2 1/2in (hard pedal)

when you change you brakes, how much does your brake pedal compress/go down?
Did you change your rear pads yet? anything i should know?

thanks for the info