by "Up North" <BR549@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 8, 2008 at 01:16 PM
I didn't realize that was a universal problem! I tried having the wife help
bleed brakes......ONCE!
Steve
"Guenter Scholz" <scholz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:ftg8rd$ghh$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tiger, perfect instructions. You did, however, omit that the second
> person
> should under no cir***stances be your wife... :-\
>
> cheers, guenter
>
>
> In article <47fb92ce$0$15172$607ed4bc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Tiger <tiger0002@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Brake bleeding is done by two way... One is manual bleeding which needs
>>two
>>people to do the job. The other one is pressurized method in which you
>>attached a device to the master cylinder reservoir with extra brake
fluids
>>and pressurizer (there is also a vacuum method).
>>
>>The first method is most common... One person would sit in the car...
pump
>>pedal a couple of times and then hold the pressure... while another
person
>>would crack open the bleeder while the inside person continue to press
the
>>pedal until it goes down. (Do NOT force pedal all the way down once it
>>stop
>>or otherwise master cylinder is damaged)... while pedal reached the
bottom
>>position, the outside guy close the bleeder valve and then inside person
>>repump the pedal. and repeat. It takes a couple of times to get new
fluid
>>to
>>come out per caliper. You must make sure you replenish brake fluid and
>>keep
>>cap tight during the process.
>>
>>The pressurized or vacuum method is one person job. and you just have to
>>make sure there is always plenty of brake fluid available.
>>
>>Dragging brake is a sign of contamination in brake system which swells
up
>>the seals and/or the brake hoses. You either replace the caliper with a
>>rebuilt one or a new one to fix this problem. In this situation, it is
>>possible your brake lines are also damaged. Try bleeding brake again to
>>see
>>if this solves the problem.
>>
>>
>>
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