>From: "Joel Walker" the rule of thumb is to bleed from the fartherest away >from the brake fluid reservoir, to the next-fartherest, and so forth. >so on a vanagon, you'd start with the right rear, then the clutch slave >cylinder (if you have a manual transmission), then the left rear, then >right front, and lastly, the left front. like that.
>p.s. i've had really good luck using a Mity-Vac from wal-mart. it sucks the >old fluid out at each wheel. kinda 'exercises' your hands, though. ;) and >you have to get up after each wheel and go refill the reservoir.
So the Slave cyllinder must be bled as weel while doing the brakes. That one I did not do. I will try again tonight. But my clutch feels fine the brakes are squishy until i give them a pump or two. I did replace the slave cylinder last week. I knew that Mity-Vac had another purpose. I will pull it out and knock the dust off of it. I usually use the 2 man method/man and a good stick method to bleed the brakes. Thanks, Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde" '85 Vanagon GL, nameless |
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