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Old May 8, 2020 | 01:36 PM
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Have a 1997 SCAB, front disc brakes, rear drum brakes, rear ABS. Gonna flush brake fluid then replace front calipers, rotors, pads. Usual bleed/flush sequence is start with brake farthest from the master cylinder then work to closest. Two questions:

1. Does rear ABS change this bleed/flush sequence? If so, how?
2. Does rear ABS complicate my project any way? I've seen some info that indicates it may.

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Old May 8, 2020 | 01:43 PM
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Easy to flush, the RWABS has 0 affect. Suck the master with a turkey baster, fill it with new, flush away. start at the furthest wheel. Don't let anyone else tell you any different...there's a shi-ton of bad info about that here. Make yourself a good bottle and keep it below the wheel cylinder and calipers at all times.
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Old May 8, 2020 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Easy to flush, the RWABS has 0 affect. Suck the master with a turkey baster, fill it with new, flush away. start at the furthest wheel. Don't let anyone else tell you any different...there's a shi-ton of bad info about that here. Make yourself a good bottle and keep it below the wheel cylinder and calipers at all times.
Thanks for the speed response, Jbrew.
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Old May 8, 2020 | 01:59 PM
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No problem, make sure you have two holes in the bottle cap. Relief hole is 1/8", tube hole, a little smaller than the tube.
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Old May 8, 2020 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
No problem, make sure you have two holes in the bottle cap. Relief hole is 1/8", tube hole, a little smaller than the tube.
Got it. Seen videos of the process. Thanks again.
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Old May 8, 2020 | 02:27 PM
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Great! I think I documented it in this thread somewhere, -

https://www.f150forum.com/f6/f150-ex...2016-a-353103/

Somewhere towards the end of it.The thread is kind of a book lol.
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