Bleeding front brakes ?
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Bleeding front brakes ?
I've never done this on my truck or a truck like this. I got under each wheel to see where the brake lines go into the caliper but will I need to take off each wheel to bleed the brake fluid? I've done this before on cars but there was just a rubber dust cap over the bleed valve. Where the lines go into the caliper doesn't look like where I bleed the brake fluid.
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I am not sure if the F series is the same as mine or not. But I just did my 96 last week. I did not have to pull the wheels off. I just turned the wheels all the way, each way. The bleeder was close to where the line went in. I could reach behind it from the back side.
It was kind of on the top not the side.
It was kind of on the top not the side.
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Originally Posted by trike1946
I am not sure if the F series is the same as mine or not. But I just did my 96 last week. I did not have to pull the wheels off. I just turned the wheels all the way, each way. The bleeder was close to where the line went in. I could reach behind it from the back side.
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DO NOT TAKE THE BRAKE FLUID LINE LOSE!!!!! The bleeder nipple comes from the factory with a rubber cap on it. If you take the cap off, it looks like the bleeder on every other vehicle. The attached picture shows the bleeder on the right top of the caliper
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Originally Posted by plowhand
DO NOT TAKE THE BRAKE FLUID LINE LOSE!!!!! The bleeder nipple comes from the factory with a rubber cap on it. If you take the cap off, it looks like the bleeder on every other vehicle. The attached picture shows the bleeder on the right top of the caliper
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