I'm in the process of painting my calipers, well actually, re-painting them right now because the f-ing paint reacted with itself for some reason and started to wrinkle. I've been working on the front ones for four days and am tired of it now. So now I want to take them off and get them powdercoated.

What I want to do is clamp the brake line close to the caliper and remove the line. Then I will have to drain out any fluid that is in the caliper. So, I will need to bleed the brakes when I put them back on. I have now idea how to do this or why is needs to be done, etc... If anyone could inform me it would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

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in order to bleed the brakes u need to use a gm tech 2 scan tool to bleed them...on the cars with the asr there steps in the scan tool that u have to follow to bleed the brakes..the best thing would be to bring your car to the dealership..

 

I own a '98 and hit road courses 6 or 7 times a year.

I've never had a problem bleeding my brakes w/o a Tech2. I'm sure it's optimum to use one, but not 100% necessary.

To answer the question ...

http://www.ls1tech.com/ubb/ultimateb...;f=25;t=002358

This is the way I do it and have had good results ....

If you go to www.installuniversity.com and look for "Caliper Rebuild", a friend came up with a nifty way seal the system while your calipers are off the car.

 

You need to bleed the brake system to get all of the air out, otherwise you will have a soft feeling brake pedal. Also, it is a good idea to replace your brake fluid about every 5 years since the brake fluid slowly accumulates water which will corrode the brake system and it lowers the boiling point of the brake fluid.

An old fashioned two man brake bleed should work. Just push the brake pedal down fairly quickly while another guy opens the bleeder screw. Allow the brake pedal to return once the bleeder screw is closed. Repeat this until all of the air is out of the system. You can put a clear plastic hose over the end of the bleeder screw to see the bubbles. It helps to have the car close to level while bleeding the system. There is no trick to bleeding this system. Using a Mighty-Vac or replacing the bleeder screw with a check valve may not work too well because fluid may not flush through the ABS unit very well. I’m a product engineer for the company that made the ABS units in late model Camaro's and according to our specifications, the two man brake bleed will work. Do not turn the key on or start the engine while bleeding. The ABS unit does a self test when the key is tuned on which could allow air to get into places where it should not.

The need to plug into a computer or use a fancy vacuum system is a myth. Dealerships may do that sort of thing and it is definitely done when a new car is being assembled since it can be done much faster and can sometimes be done with only one person. The one man brake bleed may not work for all cars and ABS systems but it will definitely work for the system in late model Camaro’s with Bosch ABS or ASR and a vacuum brake booster. Believe it or not, when we design ABS units we keep in mind that someone should not have to take the car to the dealership just to have their brake system bleed.

 

It appears you just didn't use a good cleaner before you painted the calipers.... I painted mine with 3.99 $ caliper paint from PepBoys after cleaning and degreasing the calipers. It took only 2 hrs each and the paint is on there for over a year now...