bleeding brakes

[daver clasper]

Hi everyone.
I changed the brake fluid recently on M1 2litre Viteese. Shortly after the brake master cylinder failed. I have rebuilt it. To now remove the air from top of system can I bleed 1/2 brakes, peferably the front or will the whole system have to be bled. Any advice much appricated.
Cheers
Dave  

[mazfg]

For safety and doing it properly, I'd do the whole lot. Starting from the furthest, to the nearest from the master cylinder  L rear, R rear, L front, R front

With brakes, just not worth doing 1/2 a job.

[Clive]

I suspect the reason the master cylinder failed is that when bleeding you fully pressed the pedal. This pushes the seals beyond where they normally go, and that can damage them. So try to avoid long pedal strokes......
And yes, best to start again with the bleeding, although partial bleeding may do they trick.

[bxbodger]

It's a single line brake system, you must bleed all the way through at all corners as you won't know where the air has gone, but using a one man kit it doesn't take long.

[seth]

3398 wrote:

For safety and doing it properly, I'd do the whole lot. Starting from the furthest, to the nearest from the master cylinder  L rear, R rear, L front, R front

With brakes, just not worth doing 1/2 a job.

While that might be the furthest to nearest order 'as the crow flies' the way the pipework actually runs (assuming a Vitesse is the same as a Herald?) means the order ought to be R rear, L rear, R front, L front.

[daver clasper]

Thanks a lot for all your replies.
Cheers
Dave