Any "gotchas" in bleeding type 44 brakes?

[Kneale Brownson]

--
At 11:11 PM 07/29/2002 +0000, qshipaz at juno.com wrote:

>Greetings Audinauts,
>
>The plethora of questions continues... have been giving the '86 5ktq some
>road use while I try to sort the emissions problems and whatnot. Having
>driven it a bit now, I note that sometimes the brake pedal acts a little
>odd- it's never spongy, really, but it's harder some times than others.
>Sometimes at parking speeds it feels like it might be dragging slightly.
>Before I tear into replacing everything in the brake system (grin) I
>figure I'll bleed out the brakes until all the fluid is new...
>What with the hydraulic assist and the ABS, are there any serious gotchas
>in bleeding the brakes? I've done it countless times, even on my old 5kt,
>but that didn't have ABS. Thinking just use DOT 4 and get a helper to pump
>the pedal- is there more to it than that?

I'd gravity bleed or get a pressure bleeder.  Pumping the pedal can make
the master cylinder piston travel beyond its accustomed range, which could
expose the seals to destructive debris.   The procedure's still the
same--farthest away first and work back toward the master cylinder.
--