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Re: AAHH! No brakes!



At 03:52 PM 2/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>At 03:11 AM 2/10/97 -0500, DOM wrote:
>>Yah thats a real important part of the install.  If you don't bench
>>bleed it well it may die prematurely. 
>
>Not true, bench bleeding doesnt prevent premature wear of the MC, what it does 
>do is makes it a bit easier (for those with a bench vise and other tools) to 
>bleed the MC before its installed. (One man job -VS- a two man job.)  Once you 
>install that bad boy, you pretty much need a second person to pump the pedal 
>while you do the handy work on the MC. 
>

        I had one master cylinder go bad prematurely because I didn't bench
bleed it well enough and I couldn't get it completely free of air.  I assume
that this led to its premature failure.

					DOM!
					1980 VW Scirocco S
					1983 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
					1986 Kawasaki 600 Ninja
					1979 Piaggio Vespa P125X

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