How To Bleed Brakes On A 2003 Chevy Silverado. Bleeding abs is different no non abs. Another end will go into a small bottle filled with one or two inches of fresh brake fluid. So I just installed a Rough country 6 inch lift on my 03 Silverado 1500. Instruct the helper to attach a clear rubber tube to the brake caliper bleeder and use an 8 mm wrench to open it when the brake pedal is depressed.
A full brake fluid bleeding. This small trick will prevent air from getting back into the caliper or brake cylinder. Turn ignition switch to the On position allowing pump to run. There are two screws open the one at the front. To bleed brake lines park the car in a flat spot and engage the emergency brake so that you can drain and replace the brake fluid from the master cylinder reservoir. After bleeding all the brake lines make sure that as your friend pumps the pedal you walk around the vehicle to check if there are any leaks as a result of pumping.
Refill the reservoir with new brake fluid.
Then go to your right rear wheel and loosen the bleeder screw. A full brake fluid bleeding. The helper will start opening the bleeder at count 1 and close shortly after the brake pedal is fully depressed. Take a piece of plastic tubing any kind of cheap tube is fine and push its one end over the brake bleeder bolt. Using a brake fluid syringe remove as much old fluid from the reservoir as you can. This small trick will prevent air from getting back into the caliper or brake cylinder.