[Vwdiesel] WE HAVE BRAKES!! and introducing the "Relative Stupidity"Scale

[Bryan Belman]

The bleeder being on the bottom would not have alerted me either to that causing an issue with getting the air out of the caliper.  I learned something from all of this as well for sure.  thanks all.
 
 

Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
04 Golf TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running :<)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
 

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 From: R. Brown <r.c.brown at ieee.org>
To: "vwdiesel at vwfans.com" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com> 
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] WE HAVE BRAKES!! and introducing the "Relative Stupidity"Scale
  

Glad you got it sorted out.

On my 4x4, I swapped in rear disc brakes and those are from a passenger car.  To get the 
e-brake mechanism to line up right you have to put them on the "wrong" side and the 
bleeder ends up on the bottom.  So I have them mounted with extra long flex hoses to allow 
spinning them 180* around the disc for bleeding.

Wish they were like the Wilwood calipers I have on the front of the truck, those have 
bleeders on top and bottom, so they can be installed any way you want.  When I first 
installed those brakes, I wondered why the heck there were two bleeders on each caliper, 
but it was not until later that I realized the benefit.


On 4/14/2013 3:47 PM, lbaird119 at aol.com wrote:
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>    Silly Wabbit, the bleeder screw would end up on the bottom rather than the top, so that the air won't come out.  Can't say I've never done as bad but just can't think of good examples right off.  Forgetting the T-O bearing return springs on the tractor clutch, until after the two halves were bolted up, ranks reasonably close.  Put a motorcycle twin together when I found the wrist pin clips once, ONLY once!
>      Loren
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> From: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
> To: dieseltdi <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Sun, Apr 14, 2013 3:19 pm
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] WE HAVE BRAKES!! and introducing the "Relative Stupidity"Scale
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> Congrats on getting it figured out!
> Just so I understand - the only relevant difference between driver and
> assenger side caliper is what, the position of the bleed screw?  Or how is
> t unbleedable when reversed?
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-- 
   Roger

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