That is what I do, I open the bleeder valve while I compress the piston. It
makes it much easier and prevents forcing that old fluid back up into the
reservoir.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Kyle
Vanditmars
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:13 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: satisfaction : )
""Punch"" <2punch.crash2000@AHM.com> wrote in message
news:bc7p3g$n51$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> Well I finally got around to my front end brake job, it went smooth,
except:
>
> p.s. when I compressed the rotors, fluid came spilling out the brake
> reservoir, anything I need to worry about?
Just make sure you clean the fluid off all the painted surfaces REALLY
well...
FSM actually recommends removing 1/4 of the fluid in the reservoir before
starting the job. You could also do a bleed job at the same time, and you
just open up the bleeder nipple and compress things. I know on my GenII,
you have to take a big C-clamp and compress the caliper while it was still
bolted in because the pins are recessed in these rubber doohickies (that's
the technical term)
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