Re: [T3] brake bleeding

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 20 Aug 2007 at 23:55, Dave Hall wrote:

> Mind you, we saw more of Boise than expected when an old hose started
> leaking! 

That was an original '69 hose and it started leaking (just a tad) 
after I noticed that my brake light switch had stopped working. I had 
pushed on the brake pedal REALLY hard to see if I could make the 
lights work, but they didn't. A few days later, however, I noticed 
that leak.

In nearly 40 years of driving type 3s, that's the one and only time 
I've had a hose leak on me. I have replaced a very few hoses on other 
cars when they stopped carrying fluid inside, but I don't think 
that's ever happened to one of my cars. I don't know if this is fair, 
but I suspect that failed hoses have a lot to do with how you treat 
them when you remove a caliper, etc.

There are lots of ways to abuse a hose, including letting the 
calipers hang from them and letting them tie themselves up in knots 
by unscrewing the fitting from the caliper while the caliper is still 
bolted to the car. I've seen people do all kinds of things to those 
hoses without any thought to the possible consequences. I may be 
wrong, but I think that if you treat them well they are more likely 
to serve you well

OTOH, modern ones might well not last, regardless of the care you 
give them.

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