bleeding disk brakes


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mannymach1

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Has anybody here bleeded disc brakes before on their trailers. Do you guys have any tips on to make it easier and faster?
 
Two easier/faster ways are vaccum and pressure bleeding.
A silverline hand vaccum pump with the fluid chamber for liquid will make it faster. Or if you have access to a brake pressure bleeder then just hook it up at the surge master reservoir and push it thorugh.
If there is a hole for a pry bar at the surge master you can move the surge cylinder to pressure bleed like bleeding a car.
Gravity is slow but this process will speed up too if a full one quart bottle of fluid is resting upside down in the reservoir. That would provide a steady feed and a vague pressure increase.

Hope something here helps :)
 
AQUAFORCE HAS IT DOWN PAT. IF YOU BLEED BY HAND, REMOVE THE LOCKING MECANISM ON THE ARM THAT LOCKS BRAKES. IT MAKES IT ALOT EASIER TO MOVE. GOOD LUCK
 
Cool, thanks guys. The free backing solonoid broke.....I will attempt to refill/bleed the brakes next weekend with the trailer on a incline (front of the trailer facing downhill). I'll let you guys know if its succesfull.
 
IF YOU ARE BLEEDING, YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE MASTER CYLINDER UP HIGHER THAN WHEELS. THIS WILL ALLOW GRAVITY TO WORK TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. YOU CAN CONNECT HOSES TO YOUR BLEEDERS, AND PUT INTO A COFFEE CAN FILLED WITH BRAKE FLUID. WHEN YOU OPEN ONE AT A TIME, YOU WILL FORCE AIR AND FLUID INTO THE CAN, AND SUCK FLUID ONLY. REMEMBER TO START WITH THE FURTHEST WHEEL FROM MASTER CYLINDER. GOOD LUCK.
 
Well I ending replacing the coupler (it was cheaper to replace the coupler assembly then to replace the master cylinder only). I left the trailer on a 15 degree incline overnight and the master cylinder was half full in the morning. The second night, the master cylinder was at the same level. That was pretty easy. thanks guys for the advice. :) The brakes work great.
 
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