[T3] bleeding brakes question
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Mon Aug 1 18:12:33 PDT 2011
In a message dated 8/1/2011 1:19:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
> This worked for me last night but it was hard to know when I was
completely
> done. I waited and waited on the rears and felt like I had seen no
bubbles
> for a while and reached up to close the bleed screw and then a whole
bunch
> of air came out again. So I waited for that to finish and then closed
it.
>
> Would you say maybe 3-4 minutes is long enough ? Just wondering if you
had
> a tip on how long to wait, Jim :)
For gravity bleeding, I usually open one valve at a time, starting
with the rears. The LR first, takes the longest because you're
waiting for fluid to come the farthest. That might take 10 minutes.
When I gravity bleed the brakes, I make sure I have several cold ones
around, as it'll take a little while for gravity to do it's job. I spend part of
this time cleaning up the mess I made, and downing a couple of the cold
ones while I wait. This is actually 1 job that I don't get into a hurry for
(it's a safety thing). I still usually do a 2 person bleed afterward though,
just to made sure everything is kosher. ;^)
Bob 65 Notch S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia (Wolfie)
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