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Bleeding 4 piston calipers

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mustbereel

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I have Wilwood 4 piston calipers on my Heidts IRS and am at the point where I need to bleed them. They have 4 bleeder valves, two on top and two on the bottom. Do I have to bleed each valve? Since the valves have to be facing up when bleeding I will have to remove the calipers and flip them over to bleed the lower valves. I really don't want to pull them back out but I will not take shortcuts when it comes to brakes.

I have searched Wilwood's site, searched Stangnet and done a general web search but I can't find any info specific to 4 piston calipers. Does anyone know the procedure?

Thanks,
Brad
 
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use the top bleeder screws. they put bleeder screws on the bottom so the piston can be mounted in any position, kind of a universal fit caliper. all the air is going to rise to the top of the caliper so you need to use the top bleeder screws.
 

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thanks

That's what I was hoping for. Thanks for the info.

Brad
 
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