On Wed, 7 May 2008 23:24:02 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>delbert brecht <halfsour@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:C447966D.99A9%halfsour@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 2000 Honda CRV EX with MT, ABS.
>>
>> The owners manual says nothing. The service manual says brakes are
>> bled as in regular car EXCEPT that the two front brakes are bled first
>> not the diagonally opposed brakes which is the way I usually do them.
>> The SM says (page 19-37) "Brake fluid replacement and air bleeding
>> procedures are the same as for vehicles without ABS." Does this
>> correspond with real world experience that the readers of this
>> newsgroup have? Anything to add or cautions.
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>No real-world experience with that system here, but I've done some study
of
>the diagrams in the RSX Service Manual. The RSX has the same ABS system
as
>your CR-V, including the wheel bleed sequence.
>
>The newer Honda ABS system is different from Honda's original system in
>that it does not have its own fluid supply. The system is instead
described
>as being of the "recirculating" type. This means the same fluid moves
>between both ABS and non-ABS sides of the system, with a pump performing
>the recirculation... only when the ABS is activated. When the ABS is not
>activated, the fluid on the ABS side is static and unchanging.
>
>The RSX manual says that air bleeding the ABS side requires use of the
>Honda PGM Tester to activate the ABS so as to force fluid circulation
>through the ABS side back to the master cylinder. It says this at the
>bottom of the page which describes the ABS Control Unit (19-41).
>
>Most people don't have a Honda PGM Tester, of course.
>
>I have found a handy non-PGM Tester way to force activation of the ABS:
>Drive about 25mph on an /empty/ road with gravel shoulders. Run the right
>side of the car onto the shoulder, then apply the brakes until you hear
the
>ABS activate. Let the ABS growl for a few seconds. When it safe the do
so,
>cross the road and use the shoulder on the other side for the left
wheels.
>You'd need to bleed once, do the ABS activation, then bleed again.
You can buy a crippled PGM tester to do this. It has to be available
to the public in order to do maintenance on your car.
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