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Re: bleeding brakes

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Subject: Re: bleeding brakes
From: Dale Botkin <dale@botkin.org>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:23:28 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 27 May 1999 Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:

> Matthew Gent writes:
> 
> >  2-hand pump sucks from each individual line        
> 
> #2:  The suction pulls air past the bleeder screw, so you're never really 
> sure if you got all the air out of the system.  No pumping the pedal, though.

I removed the bleeders, wrapped one turn of Teflon plumber tape aroud the
threads and put them back in.  No more air sucked through the threads.
Now I never wonder where the air is coming from.

Dale
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