JBugs - Tech Tip - Brake Bleeding

Join us as we walk you through a quick tech tip on how to properly bleed your brake system. Learn the tricks that you can't find anywhere else with JBugs Tech Tips Video Series.

Please Note: Bleeding your brakes properly is very important to the safety of you and your VW. If you are not confident in your ability to bleed brakes properly please take your VW to someone who is.

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Videos are intended for entertainment purposes. Factory specifications should be followed when performing any task on your vehicle.

[GBrosPictures]

Thanks for the vid! My VW manual states to bleed the brakes in this sequence: right front, left front, right rear, left rear. Why is that?

[robertorodriguez]

I replaced the the master cylinder and all brake lines on my 66 beetle, I bled all 4 wheels and the pedal still goes to the floor with no resistance, my question is when replacing the master cylinder should it be bled before connecting the lines to it ? Any help would be appreciated, thank you..

[vcamps]

Hey I replaced about 90% of my brake system on my 71 standard excluding the hard lines to the back wheels from the hoses. Everything else is new. While I'm bleeding the brakes the pedal only would travel about half way through the pumping process and then upon bleeding it would only drop about an inch or 2 at most. After finishing, the pedal seems like it's high and I get about 2 to 3 inches of travel on the test drive. The problem that I'm having is that the brake pedal will get very hard where it seems like the brakes are engaged and I would smell pads burning from the front( disk). I'd pull over to inspect, right front caliper was wayy over temp and upon removal the outside pad went from 80% to 30% life . I tried hitting the caliper thinking my slides might be hanging up but everything was moving.
I'm really at a loss right now. It seems like it starts out fine and then the pedal will get harder through the drive where it's literally slowing me down and making the engine run hot. Please give me some insight

[paulfishanderson]

hi thanks for the vid just did my 63 bug

[Ryan_Dye-r]

Do you have to bleed the rear brakes before the front brakes on the VW Bug?

[lennyceron]

my brake pedal suddenly has no resistance and goes all the way to the floor. what could be causing it?

[billygoatracer]

Does the car need to be level or one end up or down ? Thanks

[jgarcia]

I have a 2001 vw beetle my clutch went so I took it and got it fixed but now my brakes don’t build up pressure. I changed master cylinder abs and vacuum and still nothing.. if someone has an idea let me know please..

[jimreese]

I have replaced master cylinder and both front wheel cylinders and the left front rubber line on my 71 beetle and I can't get any pressure to build up on the front end. I have a half pedal for the back brakes but no pressure on the front after bleeding .. what could possibly be causing this ?

[frankhenderson]

when and why do you have to bleed the brakes

[osgbenny]

My brake pedal only goes down about a quarter of the way.. what could be causing this?