Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com> wrote:
: jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
:> Did I mention that I hate bleeding brakes? :-)
:> Hey, if anybody has any easier ways to do it, I am all ears! :-)
:>
:>
: Ok, Mr Ears, try this:
: Gravity is your friend... put 4 tubes, one on each bleeder, with the
: other ends taped into into 4 old pop cans/bottles. Crack all four open,
: then gently open the MC. Look back every 5-10 minutes or so and keep
: the MC full. After 30-40 minutes you will have added about a pint of
: brake fluid, and not only will your brakes be bubble free, they will
: have new juice...
Interesting. Gravity bleeding was mentioned earlier, but I
hadn't thought about doing all four at the same time. :-)
Something that I wonder about with this method though; don't you
need some suction or pressure to convince the air bubbles to leave
the high spots in the brake lines? What I'm wondering is say
for example where a brake line runs along the rear axle,
then goes up over the top of the diff, then back down to run
along the axle tube towards the drum. If there is air in the
section that goes up over the axle, I would think that the air
bubbles would sit up at the top there. Is gravity bleeding
sufficiently persuasive enough to convince those bubbles to
travel downwards towards the bleeder?
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