I've got an '02 4Dr Accord v6 w/abs.

Just wondering what the order is for bleeding brakes. I don't have a shop manual yet.

Thanks.

 

Usually, you start at the corner fartherest from the master cylinder.

Buy a $1 turkey baster at the dollar store, suck all the old fluid out that you can with it before beginning. Then fill up with fresh fluid. Make sure you buy 2 cans so you don't run out.

 

This topic has been discussed before and some people disagreed with me and the Helms Honda service manual, but the factory service manual for the 6th gen accord shows the proper bleeding sequence as FL, FR, RR,RL. I have done this before on my 99 and 02 Accords using Genuine Honda brake fluid and I haven't had any problems.

 

Ditto, I did the same....worked fine. I would assume if Honda says do this we should do this.

 

They're right!! Just bleed them until you have clean new brake fulid.

 

I've got the fronts flushed and bled. I was going to do the rears but I thought I read somewhere that there is a special procedure for doing the rears because of the ABS pump. True? Or just flush/bleed them like the fronts without doing anything else.

 

all abs equiped car need a special equipment but most people agree that the little bit of fluid left in the abs system wont matter too much in the over all scheme of things.

 

So does that mean I can flush/bleed the rears just like I did the fronts? Open the bleeder screw and have somebody step on the pedal. Close, repeat.

I guess I don't really care about getting every last drip of the old fluid out. So some of it stays in the abs system. Not that big of a deal I guess.

I just thought there was something about removing system pressure first, or just something different. Oh well, maybe i was just thinking of the special procedure for flushing the abs system.

 

Removing pressure & bleeding the ABS accumulator is for the older system (pre-'97). My '98/'99 Helm manual says the main brakes bleed right thru the ABS system. No further bleeding is necessary. I'd guess your '02 is about the same?