bleeding brakes

[mightymopar]

About the first on Nov. I was putting my 67 Coronet up for the winter and decided to put a bushing kit in the front end. Got it all done, put the car on jack stands, covered it up and then I remembered that I forgot to bleed the front brakes because I had the front lines off. What I'm wondering is, will I have to bleed the entire system or just the front? Seems to me just the front but I'll wonder about it all winter if I don't ask. Thanks, Dave

 

[mightymopar]

About the first on Nov. I was putting my 67 Coronet up for the winter and decided to put a bushing kit in the front end. Got it all done, put the car on jack stands, covered it up and then I remembered that I forgot to bleed the front brakes because I had the front lines off. What I'm wondering is, will I have to bleed the entire system or just the front? Seems to me just the front but I'll wonder about it all winter if I don't ask. Thanks, Dave

Educated and still a truck driver.

 

[Coronet 500]

I would bleed it now to prevent water in system.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I would try to gravity bleed the fronts and now flush the system.Are the lines still off,or did you reinstall them in November??

 

[waygun]

When in doubt,check it out.
Bleed the entire system.
Do not pump the brake pedal all the way down to the floor--just past halfway.
You risk damaging the master cylinder when pumping all the way down to the floor.

 

[zrxkawboy]

Just need to bleed the front, if that's what was open. Front and rear are totally separate systems.

 

[mightymopar]

Thanks for all the answers guys, I ended up having to put a heater on the calipers as there must have a frozen slug of condensation in there. Anyway, I then gravity bled them (forgot all about that option) and they now work fine. Dave

 

[Topher]

Uhm.....if you have the tiniest thought that there was moisture in the calipers-replace them. That COULD lead to a failed caliper in the future. Always err on the side of safety.