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Re: bleeding brakes

posted by  someone claiming to be George Downs on  Tue Nov 6 12:58 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Perhaps not but the only way to find out for sure is to try it.

As long as your lines stay full...

Might be worth while to have a front wheel off and thin pads in

that caliper, pumped up in preparation. Then when the fittings are

connected but still loose, get someone to push the pistons in as

you tighten the fittings- sort of back-bleeding. Don't tighten

all the way till the air stops coming out.

There are probably those who will disagree with this method, and

they have every right to do so. However, being both scroungy and

lazy, I endeavor to minimize the work REQUIRED to get an acceptable

job, and I have saved a LOT of effort by bench bleeding and back bleeding.

Been a LONG, LONG time since I had enough of a brake failure that I

couldn't stop safely (1962).





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