[MotoCARR]

What "speed" did you have to get the truck to for the ABS to kick in?

 

[HamiltonLJ]

WITH THE TRUCK ON JACK STANDS i RAN UP TO 55MPH THEN HIT THE BRAKES. I DID THIS ABOUT 5 TIMES.

 

[MotoCARR]

Did you get good results and a firm pedal? I HATE my mushy brakes!

 

[Crawdaddy]

Just to let everyone know you don't need a scan tool to bleed the ABS system. Just put the truck up on jackstands and put it in gear run it and hit the brakes a few time and the ABS will activate bleeding the system. Then bleed like normal. This works I did it yesterday!

Very interesting method. I've been trying to bleed all the air out of a 1999 dually for a long time now and haven't been successful. This might be an easy and effective way to solve it. It's definitely free to try.

 

[xPosTech]

Christopher, have you tried this method yet?

Or are you waiting for some warmer weather?

I'm about 50 miles from town and don't want to start this if something might cause Murphy to give me another pain in the rear. The Eldo is also down with a leaking radiator so I would be stuck if I immobilized the truck.

Ted

 

[Not as good as i once was]

Just to let everyone know you don't need a scan tool to bleed the ABS system. Just put the truck up on jackstands and put it in gear run it and hit the brakes a few time and the ABS will activate bleeding the system. Then bleed like normal. This works I did it yesterday!

was this on a 4x4 and did you have all wheels off of the ground?
If it was a 4x4 did you have it locked in?

 

[Crawdaddy]

For a 4x4 vehicle, I'd make sure all tires were off the ground. When in 2wd the front wheels shouldn't spin, but my Suburban was spinning its rear tires in neutral while they were off the ground... No wheels on the ground is cheap insurance to make sure nothing horrible happens.

 

[Not as good as i once was]

For a 4x4 vehicle, I'd make sure all tires were off the ground. When in 2wd the front wheels shouldn't spin, but my Suburban was spinning its rear tires in neutral while they were off the ground... No wheels on the ground is cheap insurance to make sure nothing horrible happens.[/QUOTE

I will give it a go

 

[Pacemaker]

Very interesting method. I've been trying to bleed all the air out of a 1999 dually for a long time now and haven't been successful. This might be an easy and effective way to solve it. It's definitely free to try.

Crawdaddy did this method work for you?

 

[Pikey]

Crawdaddy did this method work for you?

I will be trying this method in the next few weeks. I need to replace my abs pump. I have a scan tool that will activate the automated bleed sequence but for some reason all of my wheel speed sensors default to 3 mph so the tool will not initiate the sequence because it thinks that the truck is moving. So I guess that I will have to try it on jackstands

 

[Pacemaker]

I will be trying this method in the next few weeks. I need to replace my abs pump. I have a scan tool that will activate the automated bleed sequence but for some reason all of my wheel speed sensors default to 3 mph so the tool will not initiate the sequence because it thinks that the truck is moving. So I guess that I will have to try it on jackstands

One of the my speed senior is default. I think it's the left one, I'll have to check it with a ACmV multimeter to see if it is the left and if so clean the rust of it base and remount it again.
When you do jack stand method if you can post it up how it work and if there was any problems. I would appreciate it.

 

[Pikey]

One of the my speed senior is default. I think it's the left one, I'll have to check it with a ACmV multimeter to see if it is the left and if so clean the rust of it base and remount it again.
When you do jack stand method if you can post it up how it work and if there was any problems. I would appreciate it.

Both front hubs and sensors on my truck are new. I think that corrosion somewhere is causing my issue

 

[xPosTech]

Pikey if you unplug one of your hub sensors might that not cycle your pump just sitting on the ground and hitting the brakes? It should tell the ABS one wheel is skidding.

Ted

 

[Pikey]

Unfortunately, even with the sensor unplugged it still reads 3 mph.

 

[xPosTech]

Hmmm. Have you reprogrammed the PCM for a different tire size or gears?

Ted

 

[Pikey]

No. I have talked to a few people and they said that it defaults to 3 mph. But, last year it read 0 when I was able to run the bleed

 

[Daniel Miner]

With the truck on stands...How do you get the front actuator to open ...the front tires aren't moving???

 

[Pikey]

With the truck on stands...How do you get the front actuator to open ...the front tires aren't moving???

Put it in 4x4

 

[BIGREDDADDY53]

I have a 2003 Tahoe. I just replaced my front rotors, calipers and pads with Powerstop kit, Because I had a warped rotor but they stopped on a dime now after the replacement I needed to get the old brake fluid out but it made the bakes spongey so I took the truck to a shop to power bleed them and they are better but still don't feel right. They used the there compressor with the bottle that hooks right to the master and I thought this would do the job but it didn't but after reading this form it might be the back calipers (there the original ) and I'm going to replace them as well with the same kit for the back and have it bled again and see how this comes out. I hope this does it as the GM dealer is $130 CDN per hour but if I have to I will unless some has any input. Thank's Eric

 

[Chevycaleb]

Has anyone tried the jack stand method yet with any luck? In desperate need trucks been down for 4days 7 qts brake fluid wife's gonna kill me!!!