[s-cars] Rear brake saga - DOH!

[Mark Pollan]

Hi Eric:

The sponginess *may* not be air but rather the pistons (particularly the
rears) readjusting.  You have to screw the rear ones in because they
"ratchet" on the way out.  Give your parking brake some repeated pulls to
see if that does not firm things up.  I always set my parking brake (except
in freeze conditions) to ensure they are "properly" adjusted.

That said, do not drive until you have this figured out.  We do not want
another //S-car or owner in the shop or worse.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Eric Phillips
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:21 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear brake saga - DOH!

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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