Bleeding a Dual Brake Master Cylinder Setup
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Bleeding a Dual Brake Master Cylinder Setup
I had a question w/ regards to a dual brake master cylinder setup.
I got to thinking. With a single brake master cylinder setup, bleeding is easy because you bleed from the farthest caliper to the closest.
However, with a dual master cylinder setup, how would you bleed it? I know that you can partition the cylinders where one is for the front calipers while the other is for the rear calipers. How would you bleed this setup now w/o getting air in the system? After all, you still only have one brake pedal.
Am I making this far more complicated than what it is? I'm interested in upgrading my brake master cylinder to either a larger unit or a dual cylinder setup.
Thanks guys.
I got to thinking. With a single brake master cylinder setup, bleeding is easy because you bleed from the farthest caliper to the closest.
However, with a dual master cylinder setup, how would you bleed it? I know that you can partition the cylinders where one is for the front calipers while the other is for the rear calipers. How would you bleed this setup now w/o getting air in the system? After all, you still only have one brake pedal.
Am I making this far more complicated than what it is? I'm interested in upgrading my brake master cylinder to either a larger unit or a dual cylinder setup.
Thanks guys.
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Re: Bleeding a Dual Brake Master Cylinder Setup
Originally posted by DomFD3S
Am I making this far more complicated than what it is?
Am I making this far more complicated than what it is?
The only idea in bleeding is to do the longest line for each master cylinder first. Each master doesn't even know the other exists, they share nothing.
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I've found that bleeding dual-master brakes requires a little extra care. Because the better bled master cylinder will take all the pedal pressure, you can't really pump the fluid through the other side very well. Disconnecting the cylinders from each other and bleeding each separately (or at least moving the bias all the way to each end) makes a world of difference here.
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Originally posted by Eggie
Because the better bled master cylinder will take all the pedal pressure, you can't really pump the fluid through the other side very well. Disconnecting the cylinders from each other and bleeding each separately (or at least moving the bias all the way to each end) makes a world of difference here.
Because the better bled master cylinder will take all the pedal pressure, you can't really pump the fluid through the other side very well. Disconnecting the cylinders from each other and bleeding each separately (or at least moving the bias all the way to each end) makes a world of difference here.
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