[Vwdiesel] bad brakes on 2001 Jetta

[Andrew .Libby]

That's awesome, I should go get a lottery ticket.  I've probably done 30+
hydraulic systems that way without a single issue.  If the 1 in 4 master
cyl failure rate were accurate for me I should have seen around 8 failures
from that.


On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com
> wrote:

> Hi Andrew;
>         Your experience is way different than mine. I have been into Dead
> Rabbit Rescue for about 20 years. Before I learned to pressure bleed about
> 4
> or 5 years ago I think I had to replace a master cylinder at least one in
> four times I used the pump it up and hold it to the floor method to bleed
> brakes. We are not talking about catastrophic failure just the fact that
> when you are done with the job the master cylinder would slowly bleed down
> as you were applying the brakes.
> Brian Decker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Andrew .Libby
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:00 AM
> To: Kneale Brownson
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] bad brakes on 2001 Jetta
>
> While that is feasible, it's not at all likely, IMO.  Over the last 20+
> years I have bled numerous brake systems and hydraulic clutch systems by
> stomping the pedal to the floor and never, not once, had it damage the
> master cylinder.  If that ever were to happen I would count myself lucky as
> I'd sure rather have the master fail when bleeding the brakes than to have
> it do so on a panic stop.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Kneale Brownson
> <knealeski at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
> > The problem with pushing the brake pedal to bleed the system is you
> > can get the piston to travel farther in the master cylinder than
> > usual, so the seal can encounter debris accumulated there and hardened
> > so it can tear the seal.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
>
>
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