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Old 12-06-2002, 11:45 AM
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A trick I learned when I was apprenticing with the Germans. Obtain a top quality oil can like Plews, fill it with brake fluid,attach a short hose, and connect it to the slave cyl bleed screw. Open the screw and pump fluid in until it rises in the reservoir. Close the bleed screw and top off the reservoir. It takes just a few minutes and works every time. If you try to cheap out with an oil can from Kame-Apart or somewhere like that, you'll spend a lot of time and get frustrated. I speak from experience. A cheaply built can won't take the pressure of pushing fluid uphill so the fluid sneaks back past the seal, and nothing goes into the slave cyl. Also when I bleed brakes I let the laws of gravity work for me as long as I'm working on disc brakes.I never understood the fuss about pressure bleeders and such. I just connect a hose to the bleed screw and stick the other end in a special container I have to avoid spills. I guess the arguement for pressure bleeders is speed.I just plan my work so I'm doing something else while the caliper is bleeding.

Peter

PS HI,Ben.
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