<VV> RE: Bench bleeding

[UltraMonzaWest@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/24/2004 5:52:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ddpleau@earthlink.net writes:

> The air in my description is trapped in the front brake circuit bore of the 
> 
> master cylinder (usually the back towards the firewall).  When you bleed 
> the back brakes, the piston went full travel in its bore because you were 
> compressing air in the front brake circuit and air compresses and the front 
> brake circuit did not stop the master cylinder travel while you were 
> expelling the air in the rear circuits.  When you switched to the fronts 
> after the backs were properly bleed, the hydraulics pressure of the back 
> brakes stopped the piston movements in both font and rear circuits before 
> they bottomed out.  Consequently some air is still in the front circuit 
> bore of the master cylinder.  Since you will never be able to bottom the 
> piston in the cylinder of the front circuit bore, you will never get all 
> the air out resulting in a spongy pedal.
> 
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Now, I'm wrong about "remanufacturing"....don't know diddly about 
CROUP......and AIR NO LONGER RISES thru the fill hole on the bottom of the reservoir?





Matt Mall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, Nv.  and Coos Bay, Or.