Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:10:35 -0500
Reply-To: robert feller <syncro.carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
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From: robert feller <syncro.carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: lost brake line...
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Is the junction I'm looking for simply a split valve or is this a regular
assembly too? Anything tricky about it?
Are vanagon diagnal systems or forward/back? I'm curious to what brakes are
working with my front left "offline".
Shawn
On Dec 24, 2007 11:05 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
wrote:
> You got that right about hoping the bleed valves don't snap off.
> I'd spray them with really good penetrating oil first, a lot.
> I'll tell you another trick to undo stuck or very tight things. Tap on
> them
> with a hammer, not too hard, but try to 'shake up' the threads.
> This works amazingly well.
> I was trying to undo a tie rod end on a vanagon the other day. I had a
> nice
> solid Stahwillie german 22 mm wrench ( a tubing but wrench too, so it was
> getting 5 sides ) and a big fat ole crescent wrench on the flats of the
> tie
> rod end. I pulled on those two wrenches as hard as I could, several times,
> and the nut just would not budge.
> I help a sledge hammer head under the nut, and whacked it quite hard on
> the upper side of the nut ( like on opposite sides of the hex ) , like 10
> whacks, and it unscrewed just fine after that. Amazing affect. I always
> whack on CV joint screws before trying to undo them.
> Bleed valves are delicate almost, so be very careful.
> I hope it goes well at that pipe/hose junction by the upper a-arm. Even
> all clean and nice I don't think they're that fun to deal with.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> robert feller
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 7:44 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: lost brake line...
>
> This is great. I went from a "oh s%*t" situation to shouldn't be hard to
> do
> myself come Wednesday! lots of oil, a little heat, new brake fluid and
> pray
> everything comes apart and bleeder values don't snap!
>
> I'm sure this rust is s sign of many ugly variables to come...
>
> On Dec 24, 2007 10:33 PM, Karl Mullendore <groups@westyventures.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Bending the line by hand will be fine, just don't try any tight bends.
> >
> > robert feller wrote:
> >
> > > So tell me about brake lines.All the same different diameters? Easily
> > > mailable it seems from you comments. Any special little bender tools
> to
> > get
> > > the turns "just right"?
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Shawn Feller
> Ohio
> www.carboncow.com
>
>
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Shawn Feller
Ohio
www.carboncow.com
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