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Old Jun 6, 2001 | 08:50 PM
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Did anybody here bleed their back brakes on their mojave if so how did you do it?
 
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Old Jun 7, 2001 | 09:55 AM
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You're in luck lightning, I just bled mine last Friday night. I just installed new braided steel brake line, that was extended 3.5", to the rear of my MO. Pull the seat. That makes getting to the reservior allot easier. Once the seat is off, get about a 12" long peice of hose about .25" in diameter. There should be a nipple with a 10mm nut(bleeder screw) at the base of it right next to where the brake line connects to the rear caliper. Remove the cap on the nipple and squeeze the tube on the nipple, making sure to leave room to get a 10mm wrench on the the bleeder screw. Then put the other end in a container like an old mayonase jar. The last thing we need for prep is the rear resivior cap. Remove it and the diaphram and lay it upside down somewhere clean. Now, follow these steps.

1.) Top of the brake fluid if low.
2.) Go ahead and slide the 10mm wrench on the bleeder screw on the rear caliper and get ready to turn it.
3.) Pump the rear brakes about 10 times and hold it down.
4.) While holding down the brake pedal with your hand, loosen up the bleedscrew until the brake pedal goesdown all the way. You should see brake fluid with or without air bubbles in it, flowing into the jar through the hose.
5.) As soone as the brake bottoms out, snug up the bleedscrew.
6.) Repeat step 4 and 5 until all air is gone from the brake line, or if you are jsut flushing old brake fluid from your lines, repeat step 4 until it is visable that the new brake fluid is all the way throught the brake system.
7.) Keep and eye on the fluid level in the rear master cylinder reservior. Fill as needed.
8.) Once finished, remove bleedhose and top off the rear brake reservior. Then re-install the reservior cap. There will be some runover, so get ready.

Once cleaned up, you should be ready to scream safely. Good luch. I hope this helped.
 
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