need some advice. ok well i am waiting on my rear stop tech rear slotted rotors which will be here prolly tomorrow. so anyways for my install question. I am installing all four brake rotors and all 4 sets of pads. i am also changing out the lines for SS lines. and new fluid. what should i start with first. changing the rotors and pads then the lines and fluid or should i do the fluid and lines first? so what order is best? thanks for the help. and if u are wondering this is a full stoptech stage 2 kit.
I'd probably do pads and rotors first just cause changing lines isn't always as clean as you want it to be. Also, if you don't have a power bleeder then get one. If you are on the cheap PM beanflickr and see if he'll borrow you his. It pushes the fluid instead of pulling so no worries about air in the threads. Honestly worth it's weight in gold.
I second doing the pad/rotor swap first and then the fluid. As for power flush... sure. If you've got time, put the car on jackstands and gravity bleed it. Open the fluid reservoir, then open the bleeder screws. Place drip pans underneath each caliper and keep the reservoir topped off. Gravity will slowly take its course. All you need to do is top off the reservoir every few minutes. If you have amber fluid, use ATE superblue so you can see when the new fluid has made its way to the caliper and then close it off. A tech I respect very much encourages gravity bleeding if you've got the time. Afterwards, make sure you bed in the pads and rotors. StopTech's site has their recommended bedding procedures. I do that process every time with new pads/rotors and have never had and deposit issues. (Make sure you properly torque your wheels, though). Happy times.
no real benefit of one before the other... I would change the lines first due to the mess... then install the pads etc, clean everythign off afterwards, cause you are gonna have to clean it off after bleeding the system anyways...
Wow, this exactly describes what I did when switching the fluid in mine, right down to using the ATE Super Blue fluid. Stuart.
ok thanks. question about the bleeding. me and my roomate have a bleeder pump thing. u hook it up and squeeze the trigger and it sucks the fluid. is that bad? or what else would i use. i dont think i have enough time to do the gravity bleeding. I already have the fluid so next i will use the super blue. i am using Motul this time. so when i change the lines should i empty all of the brake fluid first?? then purge the system with a bottle of clean stuff , then put the new lines in and bleed the system?
The downside to pulling the fluid is you can suck air in between the threads if you open the bleeder too far. Nothing you can't prevent. You are going to lose a good bit of fluid changing lines. I'd swap lines then flush and bleed to make sure you've got enough to finish the job.
