Brake Bleeding with Turn Plates?

[pdierson]

I’m curious of anyone has done this as it’s either clever or a moronic move for reasons that I am ignorant to. Would it be reasonably useful to use wheel alignment turn plates to make bleeding the brakes/power steering lines easier for the process that requires multiple turns of the steering wheel to bleed the brake and power steering lines without needing to get the vehicle on a lift or use lift jacks?

 

[Thunderbirds]

I’m curious of anyone has done this as it’s either clever or a moronic move for reasons that I am ignorant to. Would it be reasonably useful to use wheel alignment turn plates to make bleeding the brakes/power steering lines easier for the process that requires multiple turns of the steering wheel to bleed the brake and power steering lines without needing to get the vehicle on a lift or use lift jacks?

It is highly recommended and written in the TO to raise the front to 15 degrees. So, lifting/jacking is important. Also, the brake bleeding won't be affected by this, unless your truck model is built that way, I am going off of my M1123...

 

[FlameRed]

Don't you have to jack up the rig to put the tires on the turn plates anyway? Just leave it jacked up and do the bleed procedure and be done with it. Why get cutesy?

 

[pdierson]

It is highly recommended and written in the TO to raise the front to 15 degrees. So, lifting/jacking is important. Also, the brake bleeding won't be affected by this, unless your truck model is built that way, I am going off of my M1123...

Figured it was too good to be true. Thank you very much for the quick reply.