DarrenW
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 07:55 PM |
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Pug brake bleeding
Following on from last thread about pug 106 brake pipes - i have new pipes installed, just need to bleed them now.
One of the rear pipes failed so pedal went down to floor. Ive replaced both as a precaution. Is there anything i need to be aware of when bleeding
them up? Is there an emergency brake that has to be reset or owt like that??
The longest pipe run seem to have bled ok but oil doesnt seem to be running down the other rear one.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 08:03 PM |
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Brakes on French cars that are more than a couple of years old can be a swine to bleed, only 100% sure way to use a pressure bleeder (Gunson
EaziBleed) the pedal will also need a couple of slow pumps ( nb more importantly slow return strokes) to clear any air out the master cylinder.
(note you can pump the pedal with eazibleed still on ).
Front bleed nipples on these cars are famous for snapping.
[Edited on 18/3/08 by britishtrident]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 08:09 PM |
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Thanks for that. Its a 1996 vintage so swine it will be. All ive done so far is fit split tube bleeder to try and run some oil down. One side i heard
oil being forced out - other side however nothing has come out (and oil level on resevoir didnt drop). Im now awaiting wifey to finish watching soaps
so i can finish the job.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 08:10 PM |
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MC is at a weird angle - cant be good for bleeding.
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trogdor
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 08:59 PM |
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when i had to replace a rear cylinder and rear pipe on my pug 106 the brakes were bled fairly easily, did it the old fashioned way.
was abit annoyed with the previous owner as someone had tried to remove the wheel cylinder, rounded the mounting bolts then gave up. leaking brake
fluid then meant my shoe linings fell off. This made it difficult to change the cylinder. Never want to touch my rear wheels again.
[Edited on 18/3/08 by trogdor]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 19/3/08 at 09:27 AM |
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Luckily it all went well. One of the rear lines took ages to purge of the air but once oil was through bled up no problem.
All in all a simple job to replace the main rear brake lines and bleed up.
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