[Roadsters] Late front brake rebuild

[Ronnie Day]

Let me clarify what I'm doing. The back brakes are done. I've got to
replace one of the hard lines on the driver side front caliper and I feel
it best to replace both on that side, if not on both sides. These hard
lines are, IMO, a rube goldburg design because they loop down. The bleed
valve in on the inside caliper and an open invitation for air to get
trapped in the outside caliper and line.

I guess I can crack open the flare nut holding the top of the lie on the
outside and let the line bleed until it flows fluid without any air
bubbles. It's a real PITA.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:46 AM, peter harrison <
granvillecomputing at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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