Re: [T3] Brake bleeding and other hydraulics

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 12 May 2005 at 16:43, Constantino Tobio wrote:

> I am terrified that I'm going to snap off the bleeder screws- 

It's a reasonable fear, so it's worth thinking about ahead of time.

> And what, if anything, can I use so they don't sieze up in the future?

Open and close them occasionally. Don't just leave them alone for 10 years at a 
time.

Keep the rubber bleed valve caps on them; they keep water from running down the 
inside and rusting from the inside out. (I've never broken off a bleed valve 
that still had it's cap on it.)

Silicone brake fluid might help. A little silicone grease couldn't hurt. Don't 
use normal petroleum greases or oils on hydraulic brake parts.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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