Date:         Mon, 2 May 2005 19:04:16 -0700
Reply-To:     stephen steele <steeles159@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         stephen steele <steeles159@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Rusted/stuck bleeder on '82 Westy  brakes
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A new friend with the above Westy has a problem
loosening/removing the bleeder on his left front
brake.
It's been way too long since I've worked on the
earlier brakes... seems he has double pistons and is
worried about applying heat to the area around the
bleeder for fear of toasting the rubber boots when
trying to loosen the bleeder.

Any suggestions that I might pass along to him? He is
a good distance away and not online. He in his late
sixties or early seventies working on his back in a
barn. He told me it took him two weeks to drop the
fuel tank to check on possible leaks.  If I get enough
info I may just make the drive and go over to help out
this old timer.  He has had splitties, bays, an '84 (
which burned to the ground), and now has the ac Westy
for towing behind his RV.  He is a REAL character!
Retired post man  and once he gets wound up you can't
get him to stop talking. It may be easier for me just
to go and do the brakes than to try to tell him how...
we'll see.
TIA for any help on this.
Stephen
Chillicothe Ohio

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