# Why can't you easily bleed brakes with ABS?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-cant-you-easily-bleed-brakes-with-abs/109091>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 2, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-cant-you-easily-bleed-brakes-with-abs/109091 "2017-11-02T05:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-cant-you-easily-bleed-brakes-with-abs/109091/19 "2017-11-03T03:19:59Z")

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Seems like the common sense diy’er way to proceed is to bleed using the normal procedure, and if that doesn’t work, can’t get a firm pedal, seek out any special instructions or scan tools needed for bleeding the ABS system.

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