BOTH front calipers stuck ? - follow up

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

There's a bleed screw on the brake master cylinder?  There's one on the
clutch slave... guess it's been a long time since I've worked on one of
these!

Just watch your eyes when opening up the bleed screw.  If it is under
pressure, the brake fluid can come out with quite a velocity!

Have fun!
Mark Rosenkrantz

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:57 PM, David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thank you to all those who have responded - the posts were all very
> helpful.
>
> I am leaning towards the MC, even though I have not done a lot of
> diagnosis.
> But this is what I have done:
>
> 1. When everything is cold, the brake calipers release just fine - I can
> press and release the brake pedal, and the front wheels will spin
> 3. I made it home yesterday with no problem - or at least no smoke
> 4. This morning, the calipers started to stick just before I arrived at
> work
> (25 minutes), based on my finely calibrated  "how well does the car coast"
> gauge.
>
> I need to crack the bleed screw at a caliper when they stick, but its yucky
> on the ground now, and its dark when I get home. Is the bleed screw at the
> MC the same pressure as the calipers - that would be easy to check ;-)?
>
> Thank you all again!
>
> Dave
> 90 200 QA 230k
> 98 M3/4 101k
> 02 MCS 40k
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