snapped bleeder nipple

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06-23-2005, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Read the post again. You can loosen the bleeder screw as much as you like. It can't leak air if there is only fluid in the line, now, can it? Do I have to demonstrate it for you?

Try pumping your brake pedal doing a proper brake bleed job......on the return stroke the is a slight suction in the brake lines......you will draw air.

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