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RE: [2]Brake Problems !


Carl suggested;

>John, one possibility comes to mind. If you have the calipers with the 
>bleeders on the bottom there will be air trapped in the upper part of 
>the piston. I think the later calipers came with a bleeder top & bottom. 
>If your calipers have only one bleeder you'll have to pull them loose, 
>jam something in between the pads and bleed them with the bleeder on 
>top

My calipiers have the bleeders on the top, with only one bleeder.  I
thought about trying what you suggested, I was going to pull the cailper
off the spindle and stick a piece of wood between the pads.  I think I'll
give it a shot.

Dave suggested;

>In our case the aluminum tubes that run from the brake fluid reservoir 
>down to the master cylinder was leaking - more like seeping.

Dave I thought about that, my train of thought was that air was seeping
past the joints where the solid line meets with the flex hose.
I didn't have any hose clamps at these locations. Now I do. I don't recall
seeing any caffing or drop in the reservior level, but I'll take a closer
look at all the lines you suggested.

Thanks for all the suggestion [ keep them coming ]!

John Z
69 squareback


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