It may not work if entire lines are replaced. When I did my front lines,
the pass bleeder was cracked for about 20 minuets and nothing came out.
Even when I started pumping, it took a while before anything came out.
Perhaps if it sat longer it may have started to drip.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
jon@dakota-truck.net
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 7:07 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Brake Bleeding
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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-Jon-
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