How to bleed Honda Civic Brakes
How to Bleed Brakes 01-05 Honda Civic
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video we're going to show you how to
bleed the brakes on a 2003 Honda Civic
this process is gonna be fairly similar
for any other vehicle that may require
this process the items you'll need are
an 8 and a 10 millimeter wrench a drain
bucket and a bottle of unopened dot 3 or
higher brake fluid start by opening your
hood and locating your master cylinder
reservoir you want to make sure that the
fluid is topped off otherwise add the
appropriate fluid leave the cap off and
start bleeding the brakes from the
farthest corner to the master cylinder
in this case the right rear use a drain
bucket or similar catch pan under each
corner of the vehicle to catch the brake
fluid when you bleed the rear brakes
require an eight millimeter box-end
wrench to bleed the bleeder screw is
located at the top of the wheel cylinder
for drum brakes right on the backside of
the backing plate here have your friend
inside the car pump the pedal three
times inform you when they're holding
the pedal down at which point you'll
open the bleeder screw wait for the
fluid to stop coming out close it and
have them pump the pedal again pump it
up
when you have a steady stream of fluid
with no air bubbles or burping it's time
to move on to the next farthest bleeder
screw from the master cylinder being the
left rear repeat the process on the
other side in the rear
pump it up
be sure to periodically check that your
brake fluid isn't running low do not run
the master cylinder out of brake fluid
now we'll move on to the front right on
your front disc brakes the bleeder screw
will be located just above the brake
hose on the backside of the caliper the
front brakes require a 10 millimeter box
wrench to bleed repeat the same process
you did in the rear pump it up
our bleeder screw is plugged but as long
as we can get fluid out past the threads
to release their bleeding process should
still work
finally we'll bleed the left front pump
it up
again our bleeder screw is clogged as
long as we can get fluid coming out the
bleed will work when you finished
bleeding
make sure your brake fluid is topped off
reinstall the cap thanks for tuning in
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