No, in honesty, the factory evacuates the system, checks for leaks, then if ok it fills the brake system (all in one hook-up that takes 30 seconds).
I don't know how deep your vacuum goes. If it is anywhere near the factory's you won't need anyone's foot. They fill with the system closed-up.
Oh, here's a fault with the factory system: They can't tell if a cylinder is missing the hydraulic hole for the piston. It happened to me on an old Pontiac Tempest. The right rear brake lining always looked like brand new, even after 30K.
I discovered the shoes were never moving, so I pulled the wheel cylinder apart. Dry as a bone! Removed it from the back plate and found the hole from the brake line to the inside was missing! What did I do? Being a young kid with no money, I drilled my own. Worked like new forever more.
- Dave
I don't know how deep your vacuum goes. If it is anywhere near the factory's you won't need anyone's foot. They fill with the system closed-up.
Oh, here's a fault with the factory system: They can't tell if a cylinder is missing the hydraulic hole for the piston. It happened to me on an old Pontiac Tempest. The right rear brake lining always looked like brand new, even after 30K.
I discovered the shoes were never moving, so I pulled the wheel cylinder apart. Dry as a bone! Removed it from the back plate and found the hole from the brake line to the inside was missing! What did I do? Being a young kid with no money, I drilled my own. Worked like new forever more.
- Dave
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