Fwd: <VV> re: brake bleeding

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/17/2005 5:51:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, ronh at owt.com 
writes:

> The brake system isn't meant to hold a vacuum of any degree as the cups are 
> 
> all turned the wrong way for that.  Thus, any leakage under a  vacuum really 
> 
> isn't relevant.  Just use the pump to pull the brake fluid into any replaced 
> 
> parts.
> RonH

Thanks for the info Ron.  I guess I was fooling myself.  I always coat the 
parts with the brake fluid I'm using before installing and that was probably the 
reason things didn't leak down right away.  The vacuum pump does work great 
for one man bleeding though--it pulls the fluid quickly with no air 
introduction (unless you let the MC run dry of course).

Bob Hall
Group Corvair