[Healeys] Brake theory - more....wheel cylinders

Richard Ewald richard.ewald at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 07:53:29 MDT 2012


You have two choices
1. Turn the car upside down to bleed the brakes
2. Swap the cylinders to the correct sides and then bleed the brakes right
side up.
Don't feel bad, I have seen professional mechanics make this same mistake.

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:26 PM, <fiat500f at aol.com> wrote:

> OK, so the question brought up in the previous comments is this:  Since the
> wheel cylinder bleeder fittings are on the BOTTOM of the cylinders, and the
> air is obviously at the TOP of the cylinder, how do folks get the air out?


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