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Re: New Brakes ( Bleeding like a Barber)

To: roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: New Brakes ( Bleeding like a Barber)
From: "Ben Zech" <motormite@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:30:06 -0000
Did you adjust the adjusters on the rear drums?
Try that, it should get that little dead space out.
BZ-RZ N.C. SPL/SRL "SEROC"
motormite@hotmail.com


>From: Mike Harper <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Mike Harper <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com>
>To: "datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: New Brakes ( Bleeding like a Barber)
>Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:31:40 -0800 (PST)
>
>I have completed replacing all my brake components,
>(new calipers, pads, rear wheel cylinders, shoes, new
>master cyl) and completely drained and blew out the
>lines w compressed air,  Have now filled the system
>with new DOT 4 fluid, and have bled the MC and all
>four wheels at least 4 times.  My brakes are still
>spongy and require a quick pump to get them hard (no
>viagra jokes please!)
>
>I know I have a lot of air to displace, but the last
>bleeding (after a spirited drive), made no dif.  Is
>there a trick to the MC bleeding that I do not know?
>(I've never replaced the MC before), or am I simply
>too impatient?  Any thoughts?  (BYW the brakes are
>great once I pump them).
>
>Mike Harper  '66
>Charleston SC
>
>
>
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