Date:         Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:48:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lower bleeder screw question (searched archives)
Comments: To: neil <musomuso@gmail.com>
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The air migrates up Neil, so there's no point looking for it at the lower
'bleeders'!

You need to get some 12 year old and give them five bucks to pump the pedal
for you. It only takes a minute to teach them how.

My older boy was helping from about six years old.  I had to teach  him how
to do the wrench part on the race car because he couldn't reach the pedal in
the confined space.   :)

Or get a power bleeder, I guess.  I've never used one myself and wouldn't
know how to operate it.  People are best.

Jake

On 4/14/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> Amongst other things, I've installed a new MC. I bench bled it til
> fluid came out, installed. bled at MC, then gravity bled brakes. They
> felt ok, but not really efficient. I started to bleed them again with
> a one man one way valve hose but it popped off the RR so I went with
> straight hose on the rest. I would pump about 10x's per wheel then on
> last stroke, kept pedal down with piece of wood braced against seat,
> then shut bleeder screw. Regardless, no improvement. In fact worse.
> Pedal travels too far. Rears were adjusted not long ago.
>
> I'm making a power bleeder and using that before taking to a brake
> shop to have them bleed my brakes.
>
> I have read that the lower bleeder screw on each caliper is for
> draining only . I have also read that on the early two piston type
> calipers, that one needs to bleed upper and lower bleeder screw on
> each caliper.
>
> Frankly I do not know for sure if I have the two piston model, but I
> DO have two screws per caliper.
>
> Do I bleed at upper AND lower screws on calipers?
>
> Even if lower for drain (as per Bentley) will bleeding it help?
>
> Thanks for any help, and sorry for long post.
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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