Date:         Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:36:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake caliper
Comments: To: B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>
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   I hope your 'bleeding kit' works better than the one I got recently.  I
have always used a Motive Power bleeder on my German vehicles with great
results.  It won't fit on my motorcycle's brake fluid reservioirs,
however...and the MC I was brake bleeding on has a complex linked brake
system, front and rear wheels interconnected.  So I got a vacuum bleeder to
make the job easier...but it sucks air at the bleed valves always.   I've
tried everything, but I always get a stream of bubbles out of the brake
bleeder valve/hose junction..Maybe I just haven't tried the proper hose or
something...I had to use the manual method anyway..
  Don Hanson


On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:07 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks everyone for their help this weekend with the frozen caliper.  It’s
> definitely dead.  Looking over the old receipt, that one was a rebuilt one
> and the passenger side was a new one.  I have a list member sending me 2
> good used calipers that I hope will work out.   This will be the first time
> I’ve ever bled brakes so I might need some handholding this week when I
> attempt it.  I bought a bleeding kit that I hope will work better then
> yelling at my wife from underneath the vehicle.   Removing the caliper
> looks straightforward.  I see a sample in Ken’s video at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NGUkfOg6w .
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>