Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:21:02 -0800
Reply-To: Matthias Kuster <matthiaskuster@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Matthias Kuster <matthiaskuster@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: bleeding bloody brakes
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Could also be that my rear shoes are bad. They are old, seemed to be
almost as thick as the new ones. Should have put the new ones on? My
handbrake on the other hand will only go one click, then rear wheel
are almost locked.
Matthias
On Jan 11, 2007, at 8:54 PM, neil wrote:
> On 1/11/07, Matthias Kuster <matthiaskuster@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I am looking to get some input on my brakes for a 1984 Westy:
>>
>> I have replaced front calipers, ................
>
> On my 81 I have two bleed screws per caliper. Your's may too. Maybe
> gravity bleeding from bottom screw would help get all air removed.
> Though if air was in system, pedal would be spongy, so air in lines
> may not be culprit......hmmm....
>
>>
>> I have bled the system now the 7th time with a pressure bleeder at 20
>> psi, ....... I have also done it just with the pumping method
>> once, with a
>> hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid.
>>
>
> Try gravity bleeding system.
>
>
> Are you sure shoes are adj. close enough to drum?
>
> On my van I went through something similar. I had replaced rear
> cylinders, shoes, hardware, drums, MC, and one steel line. I bled the
> system a few different ways trying to fix this:
>
> after pushing pedal once, and when van running I would get good pedal
> pressure/height and it would stay that way while driving. But in the
> morning, first push of pedal, cold, engine off, it would go right to
> floor. Shouldn't happen that way. There should have been some pedal
> height even with booster off.
>
> I posted questions and got some really good tips from vanagon,
> wetwesties and diesel vanagon. I was also told by local Vanagon
> mechanic that there are check valves on the MC that may allow this
> symptom to happen.
>
> Try searching vanagon, diesel vanagon, wet westies lists under:
>
> "Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal;
> pedal height ok."
>
> "Brake problem (Long. Am at wits end. Archives down. Please help!)"
>
> "Brake problem. Am at wits end. Please help!"
>
> or various permiatations thereof, or simply use "bleeding"
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
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