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lees_corsa
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24th Nov 07 at 12:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

iv'e got loads of weird gunky crap in my brake lines and need to get rid of it stripped down calipers and it was all stuck at the back of the piston.
the brakes work but the vacuum is slow so brakes are sticking how can i remove it all?

[Edited on 25-11-2007 by lees_corsa]
Dan295
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24th Nov 07 at 13:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

turn the brake nipple, and use a straw and a coke bottle to contain it
lees_corsa
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24th Nov 07 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

will it not get stuck behind the the caliper piston
ali_corsa
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if you do it that way, dont press youre foot rite to the floor and dont do it too fast because you can damage the servo and something else i cant remember what though
Vaux Lad
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24th Nov 07 at 16:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Use a eezi bleed kit, as its pressurises the system and makes bleeding miles easier.
Richardhhha
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quote:
Originally posted by Vaux Lad
Use a eezi bleed kit, as its pressurises the system and makes bleeding miles easier.


i wouldnt use this tipe personaly, i prefere a brake fluid is drawn out by air pressure approtch,

something like this

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht588-pneumatic-fluid-extractor
lees_corsa
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24th Nov 07 at 23:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cleaned all old fluid out and new just to be on the safe side but now there's something wrong 1 side is stuck solid and the other side might be blocked.
lees_corsa
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25th Nov 07 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

would an ezibleed kit force the crap out of the brake lines? because the stuffs moving but when you take the pedal off it moves back.

 
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