Re: brake bleeding...or, Bleedin' brakes!

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

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From: OorQue@aol.com <OorQue@aol.com>


>> BTW, the pressure bleeder is the _way_. Open the bleeder valve, and out
it
>comes. Whoosh!
>
>In my experience, the best way to bleed brakes is with gravity; barring
that,
>though, I use a pressure bleeder that was made from an extra MC cap I had
>lying around.  It's important to keep the pressure very low in order not to
>blow seals in the process ... although it takes longer to do as a result, I
>set the compressor regulator at 5psi whenever I do it.


Pressure source was a tire, about 20 psi. No seals blown.

Tie wrap the reservoir to the master, though!

Stephen Bigelow
e-commerce/ Business Development
http://www.quixtar.com
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