IH loadstar brakes

Kell · Nov 15, 2014

Asked on the trucks forum but seems dead in there.

Any special steps/order to bleeding the brakes on a 72 loadstar
1600 successfully? Found a bleeder on top of the booster, not sure
when/how I should bleed that among the bleeders at the wheels.
TIA

Dalex · Nov 15, 2014

Generally , you bleed the farthest away cyl first , so right rear , left rear , rite front left front . Look at a Mighty vac or Sunpro vacuum pump to help you bleed them , it's a big help ! They are a little hand squeeze pump, I really like mine....

Janicholson · Nov 15, 2014

the booster is a bit ticklish to bleed. It sure needs to be first in line to bleed as it can have a large amount ao air in it that does not need to be pushed through to the wheel cylinders. power bleeding is really the best on these. Never letting air get into it. Even when changing the MC, bleeding the MC at the line can save headaches. Jim

pete 23 · Nov 15, 2014

The fun of bleeding a booster. Like Jim said, power bleeder is good, but start at the master cyl. I no longer have access to a power bleeder but have good results with the mini vac bleeder system and always start from master and work your way back other wise you induce air in front of system. Systems without a power booster work well to bleed from farthest cyl but with a booster it seems to get an air lock in booster doing it that way as different passage opens when actually applying the brakes versus standing idle. The place where the mini vac works great is with those little slave cylinders used on clutch's etc. I remember a couple guys at the Deere shop bleeding a combine slave, master and having a heck of a time. I ran home and got my mini vac and bled it for them in a couple minutes.

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