Just about to replace the front pads on a 2002 Citroen C3 1.4 HDi and bleed the brakes. Straightforward or problematic? I've no manual but some experience. Is bleeding straightforward or is there a secret nipple eg on the ABS block? TIA.
Hawkeye
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ive no idea but citroens these days seem to be nice and straight forward to work on in the brake dept,i get my parts from the local factor give them the registration the make of calipot and the "width"? of the disc and the pads are usually sent right first time
Dont buy cheap pads but dont get ripped either and im sure its one bolt and a twist and then open bleed nipple use a c clamp to push piston/s back and bob may well be your uncle (hes not mine mind :( )
somebody intelligent may well be along soon squashing my theories........................................:)
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A quick word of caution, do not push the caliper piston back without opening the bleed nipple first. You run the risk of pumping all the debris that congegates at the lowest point of the system, just behind the piston, back through your expensive abs pump on it's way to the master cylinder. Better to let it escape freely from the bleed nipple, and top up. Also, be careful of letting the master cylinder run dry. Some abs sysyems can be a nightmare to bleed. Good luck.
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good advice Mike-H and i thought i mentioned that ;-----------((((((((((((((((((
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Yes oldman, I saw it in your reply, but it wasn't ever so clear to me, so thought I would enhance your point a little with an explanation. Now, don't be so sad! :-)))
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Thanks for the replies. It was a piece of cake. Here's what I did if it's a help to anyone else. Undid bottom bolt, discarded it and swung caliper up hingeing on the top bolt. Tapped the old pads out and brushed away the carp. Clamped the brake hose, opened the bleed screw and pushed the piston home with a carpenter's G-clamp. Removed clamp and shut bleed screw. Put Copaslip on the stainless springs top and bottom, on the piston surface and on the caliper fingers opposite the piston. Inserted new pads and fitted the new bolt. Connected up the trusty Ezibleed and flushed half a jam-jar of DOT4 through each caliper. If there's a secret bleed nipple anywhere, I've left it undisturbed. Left me plenty of time to try and track down the intermittent faint rattle from the nearside. Turns out to be a broken spring ...
Hawkeye
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