[Roadsters] Late front brake rebuild

[peter harrison]

I think you start with bleeding the furthest point.

Peter Harrison
818 448 3181


> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:07:42 -0500
> From: ronnie.day at gmail.com
> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Late front brake rebuild
>
> Speedblenders aren't what I was thinking. They probably won't help much
> since I have the pressure bleeder, along with a catch bottle so the system
> can't suck air back in anyway. I seem to remember something about getting
> the front of the car up to get the lines as high as possible.
>
> It seems to me that have a bleed valve on top of each side of the caliper
> would have been logical, and having the bleed valve on the bottom of the
> wheel cylinders pointing down wasn't the brightest idea, either.
>
> Just sayin'
>
> On Monday, September 15, 2014, dave n <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:
>
> > speed bleeders!!!!!   www.speedbleeder.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Ronnie Day
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 8:31 AM
> > To: Roadster List
> > Subject: [Roadsters] Late front brake rebuild
> >
> > While working on my '70 2000 yesterday I found a pinhole in the longer of
> > the two hard lines on the driver side caliper so I'm going to have to fix
> > that. I've like to have a "Why the hell did you design it that way!"
> > discussion with the engineer who designed the front caliper setup, but
> > regardless I have to deal with it.
> >
> > I seem to remember a thread regarding the best way to bleed the front
> > calipers and I've dug around, but haven't been able to find it. Can
someone
> > point me in the right direction? I also think the best thing to do is
> > replace all of the hard lines on both calipers so I'm going to be looking
> > for replacements. These things are pricy!!
> >
> > I did buy a Motive pressure bleeder, and although putting the cover plate
> > on the master cylinder is a bit fiddly the bleeder works pretty well.
That
> > should help with bleeding the calipers.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Ron
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