[DeTomaso] Mushy brakes

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/08 11:06:08 PM, rwgushue at gte.net writes:
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> Lastly (when I had the front rotors off to repack the bearings and drill 
> out the spindle for a castle nutm and cotter pin), I did the one thing that 
> really made the most difference. I bled the front calipers with the bleed screws 
> pointing straight up, no air from the top screw but big gob of air from both 
> lower bleed screws. 
> 
To expand on this for those confused, this can be done on calipers that have 
an incorrectly oriented downward-pointing bleed screw by rotating the caliper 
(off the spindle) so the bleed screws are each upwards in turn during bleeding 
while putting a 0.8"-thick block between the pads. FWIW- J DeRyke



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