Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:04:34 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
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No kidding !
Possibly a case of 'a tiny bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing'
perhaps.
Be sure to use synthetic grease - just joking.
depending on what year vanagon you have .......there might even be two bleed
nipples on that caliper, like up to 85.
The top 'grease fitting' is the bleed screw you want to use.....for bleeding
brakes.
Brakes and grease want to be kept completely away from each other !
not to make the poster feel bad....not at all, but brings a smile to my face
thinking about professionals having a brake caliper rebuild job to do, and
how hilarious they would find a caliper piston chamber full of grease !
Over the years pro techs get to see some very entertaining things ! Breaks
the monotony of day in and day out ordinary service like regular brake jobs
etc.
Of course, you'd have to find a way to relieve the pressure if you wanted
to pump a brake caliper piston chamber full of grease, like undo the brake
line, so the grease could get in.
Might lubricate the piston really nicely though ! - for a while. But the
pistons would have trouble retracting after applying the brakes you'd think.
Is this some secret new way to unstuck stuck caliper pistons on 1980 to 85
Vanagons !! ? I think it might just be !
I can't think of one grease gun fitting on a vanagon, off the top of my
head. I don't think there is one anywhere. There are a few places there
should be though.
what good fun we are having !
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Guzyk" <paullist08@GUZYK.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: Little bit of brake capliper info.
It may look similar to a grease fitting but it is a bleeder valve for brake
fluid.
DO NOT inject grease into that fitting. (It wouldn't take much unless the
valve was opened but it is still a wrong thing to do).
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: aaron bright <vdub4uandme@YAHOO.COM>
Reply-To: aaron bright <vdub4uandme@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:15:05 -0700
>I was changing out my pads and just cleaning up my brake system and noticed
>what I thought to be a grease fitting on the back on my caliper(??) just
>wanted to make sure that it was a grease fitting before I shoved grease in
>it. Thanks for the help
> Thank you,
>Aaron Bright
>Louisville, KY
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