[Vwdiesel] bad brakes on 2001 Jetta

[Kneale Brownson]

Back in the 1950s and 60s, we could rebuild MCs with new seals and a thorough honing of the bore to clean it out.  The pressure bleeder system reduces that need.

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On Jul 7, 2013, at 12:53 PM, "Andrew .Libby" <libbybapa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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