Re: Broken Bleed valves/rear calipers

[Trisha Bethen <trishab@mv.mv.com>]

Your dealer needs to replace that which he has broken at no cost to you.
And yes, they should replace with new on their nickel.....not yours!

On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Colin Barfoot wrote:

> Did anyone have a fix for the broken off bleed valves on the rear calipers for 
> the 5000 TQ?  My dealers mechanic just broke them off while bleeding the old 
> way ,(and after having sent him the recent correspondance on pressure bleeding 
> too...) Anyway the brakes are still spongy , I guess they broke too soon.
> 
> Please respond with any fixes, hopefully not just "buy new!"
> 
> TIA
> Colin
> 86 5000 CD Quattro
> 192,000 km
>