Changing brake and steering fluid

[bjman71]

Is it possible to do this yourself? If so, does anyone have a resource that might help me to do so? Thanks again,Ben

[NibCrom]

Changing brake fluid is usually a two person job. One person pumps the brakes and the other person opens and closes the bleed valve.This seems like a pretty good tutorial:http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/BrakeMaintenanceFAQ.htm

[Sublimewind]

When i bleed my brakes, i use a long lenght of proper sized tubing and a pop bottle... Make it long enough to reach the ground and you can do it all yourself... the length of tubing allows enough fluid to be in the tube so no air gets sucked back into the caliper... I would consider this as an upgrade to stock fluid http://www.valvoline.com/pages...ct=51

[MarkM04]

For brakes:The best and easies way to bleed your brakes is to just gravity bleed them.Put a hose on one bleeder screw, and open it up. Just give it time and keep an eye on the master cylinder. Replace fluid into master cylider that flows out the bleeders. No chance of air getting into the system, no speacial tools required, and it's a one man job. For PS fluid: I just use a turkey baser. I clamped a hose on the end of mine to fit into the smalll hole in the resv. Empty the resivior with baster, then refile with proper fluid. Doing this at every oil change will keep good clean fluid in the system. Again, an easy one may job.

[alonnola]

Checking the internet, many sites warn against using the brake pedal pump method to flush out fluid, because it can push contaminants into sensitive components. Kinda makes sense to me.