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I agree with the rest. Push the fluid up from the caliper to the can.
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From: "Larry Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Them's the Brakes!
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Last weekend my brakes were a lot weaker than they have been in the
past - I have Clevelands on my 415C. So this weekend I thought I would
try to bleed them and see how that went. After quite a bit of work, they
now don't work at all!
When I tried to bleed the right side, fluid squirted out of the bleed
nipple (my son was operating the pedal), but that soon turned to air. I
was using the method I have used on lots of hydraulic systems before (my
Triumph GT6 and Spitfires have hydraulic clutch and brakes). I would open
the bleed valve, have him push the pedal and hold, then close the valve
and have him let up on the pedal. No amount of this would get the air out
of the right brake. In fact, it seemed to get worse.
I had seen fluid leaking out that side, so I'm thinking that an O ring is
shot and air is leaking back in at the piston. Does that make sense? Is
anything I'm doing obviously wrong?
Thanks,
Larry
N99340
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