Gravity?

 

yeah --most mechanics call it "gravity bleeding "--just crack it open (1 at a time) & let it flow

 

I have bleed my rear brakes and as expected a couple of aire bubble came out .I repeted the process until air was no longer present in the system .It work fine and my brakes works fine but i have to push my brake pedal a little bit further to the floor now . I s this normal ??

 

How's the fluid level in the master cylinder?

And are we talking about disc brakes or drum brakes? because you said both "pads" and "shoes"...

 

The so called "gravity" type bleeding takes longer, and should only be done if you can't get a friend to push on the pedal. Forcing the bubbles out is faster.

And as AOL said above........gravity bleeding "works 90% of the time", where pushing on the pedal works 100% of the time.

 

The fluid in teh master cylinder is ok just like 1/8 of a inche under the max limite.My rear brake system is drum brakes

 

if the rear brakes arent adjusted properly, then the pedal will be low.

 

Do you have to bleed the brakes after you change shoes? I wasn't aware that you had to. And that gravity thing is gonna take a while, fluid doesn't come out that fast from my experiance. There is this hand pump u can get (its like $30) and you can pump the fluid out, its pretty cool, we got it at my school. You can turn bleeding into a one man job but u need the pump.

 

My girl's '99 EX sedan has ABS is the bleeding procedure any diff. if you have ABS??

 

No, there isn't any difference bleeding with ABS.