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Old August 31st, 2007, 10:32 AM
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I have a 2004 Tahoe, and it justturned 30,000 miles. I want to bleed the brakes for routine maintenance. Is there any special procedure for bleeding the brakes. I know some vehicles with ABS have to be done at the dealer because the ABS system needs to beconnected to a dealer computer.

Also, any opinions about adding a high capacity aluminum transmission pan? I know PML and come other manufactures make highcapacity pans with drain plugs.

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Default RE: Brake Bleed Question

You can follow the normal procedure for brake bleeding on your 2004 Tahoe however if it is equipped with the JL4 Stabilitrak option I would recommend having the dealer do the work.

Use fresh Dot-3 fluid, start at the right rear (RR) brake, then LR and RF then LF.
Have your helper slowly press and release the pedal and wait 15 seconds between each pump/release.
Keep the master cylinder at least 50% full of fluid and keep the bleed hose-end submerged in a bottle of fluid the entire time.

And most importantly; have fun.
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What is the Stabilitrak feature? My Tahoe has the self level feature.

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Default RE: Brake Bleed Question

Autoride and Stabilitrak are not related, if you have the JL4 option then you will have a button on the dash to disable the feature, very few Tahoe's were built with this option in 2004.

If you give me your VIN, I can check for sure.
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