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Brake Bleeding Issue Solved...Cautionary Tale

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 7:23 am
by canada karl
Turns out I had the brake hoses at the front calipers installed wrong. Best to mark them before hand.
The other issue was that the "New" speedbleeders did not seal in a few places so air was seeping past the bleeders! New bleeder faulty or bleeder hole worn a little to big???? Only took a few frustrating days to figure out.
Let's keep those E12's on the road. :D

Re: Brake Bleeding Issue Solved...Cautionary Tale

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:29 pm
by keehn
Yikes! Glad to hear nothing bad happened to you.

Also, as for "speedbleeders", I'd just use the pressure bleeder systems out there. I have a Motive Products pressure-bleeder I bought ages ago, and have used it on all my vehicles, using various adapters (including some I made myself).

It's MUCH easier to bleed brakes on a class-A RV with a pressure bleeder, as nobody has to be in the driver's seat, for example.

Mike