Can't get brakes working after repair - 92 S4

nicholas harteau s4 at ikami.com
Wed Sep 3 12:31:26 EDT 2003


One note: there are some speed bleeders out there that are made of
brass: avoid them, they're really too soft and there's not enough
material along the shaft and can snap very easily.  The ones on
speedbleeder.com look like SS to me.  Try to get some SS ones.

(it is speedbleeder.com, not speedbleederS.com)

walian at att.net wrote:
>
> I have recently done a complete Brake Job on my 97A6Q, using speed bleeders.
> They actually work great, though I thought I had a lot of air in the line as
> well so I took it into the shop for bleeding. It turns out that the brakes
> needed to be seated. Even After the shop did a manual bleed and did the
> recommended 50mph-20 50-0 a few times they were still spongy. I took a long
> trip ~200mi and the brakes seated properly and work like they are suppose to.
>
> After bleeding my brakes in the shop and they were still spongy they told me
> the master cyl was bad, luckly I just took the car home and 3 days later they
> were in perfect operating condition. You may want to check out
> speedbleeders.com also.

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nicholas harteau
nrh at ikami.com




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