Hi Everybody,

I just got back from my second track day last week and my car is completely stock except for the eibach sway set. I've noticed that my brakes take more pedal effort to stop the car now. So I've decided to change my brake fluid to motul 600 and put on some hawk hps pads. My question is that a lot of sites say that I should follow the owners or factory way of bleeding brakes. Is there anything I should watch out for when bleeding the g35's brakes? I've done other cars before, but I wanted to know if there's anything different/special with the G.

thanks,

Andrew

 

Nope, pretty much the same as any other brakes your bleeding...

Just go:

Passenger Side Rear
Drivers Side Rear
Passegner Side Front
Drivers Side Front

 

The Factory Service Manual has a completely different bleeding order than what you listed but I don't think it matters much since all 4 corners are on their own channels to the ABS. Important thing to remember is to either disconnect the negative battery cable or disconnect all 3 plugs to the ABS box to open up the ABS module. And always keep your master cylinder filled with brake fluid.

 

What did the FSM have for the bleeding order?!

 

thanks guys

 

Well at least for my '04 Sedan FSM IIRC it was driver rear, passenger front, passenger rear, driver front. All I know was it was very different from what I was taught about starting furthest away from the master cylinder and then ending up with the closest one. But since the G has separate channels for all 4 corners it doesn't matter as much.

 

Some say bleed closest to Master to furthest. Some say the other way. It doesn't matte as long as you get all the old stuff out.

 

Yeah, Ive always gone from furthest to closest...

 

how many bottles of new fluid will you need when replacing the stock fluid with motul fluid?

 

Factory service manual
"Bleed air in the following order. Right rear brake --> Left front brake --> Left rear brake --> Right front brake"

 

I did mine with less than a quart, so two of their 16 oz bottles should do.

 

i noticed on the factory brembo's, there are two bleeder screws per caliper. when bleeding the brakes, do you have to go through both?

 

please disregard the above post, i'm an idiot for anyone that wants to know, YES, you do BOTH! durr....

 

well, finally got to test the car out today. after i swapped out the old fluid for motul fluid, and changed the brake lines to goodrich SS lines, i noticed that the pedal feel is a little softer. the pedal has to be pressed in about half inch more than it used to. the stopping power however, is still there. i bled the brakes 3 times and got all the air out. do you all think it would be possible that i may still have air in the system? the fluid level is at max, and has not changed.

 

to answer my own question: yes, there is still a possibility of air in the system! i bled it again this morning, this time making absolutely sure that the ground was level and that the filler cap was on tight. lo-and-behold, a little bit more air came out. not too much, but enough to cause my "spongy" brake pedal feel. now i'm glad to say that everything is tight as it should be, and i'm really happy with the SS lines!