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Old Sep 9, 2021 | 08:38 PM
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Have a quick question for you all about bleeding brakes. I have a 2016 f-150 and I am changing the pads and rotors this weekend. I have 70,000 hard miles on it from towing and I want to flush the brake fluid while I’m in there.

Can I change the pads and rotor on the passenger rear, bleed that caliper and then change the driver rear, bleed that one, etc?

I’ve always just done the brake fluid flush at the end of the job, but my garage cannot handle the height of my truck on the lift so I need to do one corner at a time on my slightly sloped driveway. I like keeping 3 tires on the ground with the wheels chocked since my driveway has a slope to it.
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Old Sep 9, 2021 | 09:03 PM
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Sounds good to me, just suck out all of the old in the master cylinder and go at it. After each wheel re-check level in MC.
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Old Sep 9, 2021 | 09:10 PM
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Sounds good to me, just suck out all of the old in the master cylinder and go at it. After each wheel re-check level in MC.
Perfect thank you. It made sense to me, but sometimes I’m a little wacky.
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Old Sep 9, 2021 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SteedaGT
Perfect thank you. It made sense to me, but sometimes I’m a little wacky.
It's usually recommended that you start with the caliper furthest away from the master and work back. So start on the rear passenger side, then rear drivers, then front passenger and then front driver.

*Edit* I must be sleepy and missed where you already stated that. My bad haha.
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