[s-cars] Rear brake saga - DOH!

Eric Phillips gcmschemist at gmail.com
Tue Feb 21 12:21:16 EST 2006


So, I work with the vacuum bleeder, and could see why folks like a
pressure bleeder.  I had no idea what was bubbles from inside the
caliper, and what was leak-around from the bleeder screw threads.  So
I just sucked a long time.

But it wasn't enough, because I was an idiot.  See, I hooked up the
calipers and lines and all, then left the thing overnight without
bleeding it.  I can see now that this wasn't such a good idea. 
*sigh*.

I bagged the bleeding of the clutch - holy crap, you need arms like
Freddy Krueger to get to that nipple!

I'm gonna give the thing another go tonight - maybe I can get all the
air out.  I mean, when I took the thing for a drive, I had brakes, it
was just that they were really spongy and weak.  Yup, I get "Moron of
the Week" for this week, I guess.

Along that line - errr, where does the brake like hook up on those Big
Reds?  All I see are bleeder screws.  I are confused.

Thanks for all the help, guys.

Deflated,

Eric


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