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Date:         Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:25:47 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Bryant <B10JPB1@WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Bryant <B10JPB1@WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU>
Subject:      Can't Bleed Brakes-84
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To keep a long story short, I'm bleeding my brakes, having no problem with 3 of the four wheels. On one of the front calipers, I can get the BOTTOM bleeder to bleed clear brake fluid with no problem, but the TOP bleeder gives me nothing.

I pulled both bleeder valves off, removed the incoming line from the brake hose and pushed compressed air through the bottom bleeder, but nothing will go through the top one. I take it that the incoming line feeds both through internal channels and that one is probably the left pad and the other for the right pad.

Anyone have a diagram of internal fluid distribution? Is there any other choice but to pull the caliper and rebuild it (or buy a new one)?

-Jim Bryant jbryant@niu.edu


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