Brake bleeding help...

[rhock99 at epix.net (Ryan H)]

Wow, I take serious offense to this...  I consider my car to be more maintained than many a Sciroccos I've seen at car shows.  There's not a thing wrong with my car, other than a slight starting problem I'm working on.  As for the bleeder valve, you're barking at me like it's dangerous.  I snapped off a CLOSED bleeder valve...  CLOSED...   CLOSED...   I've tried the easy-out method and it didn't work.  The valve is too tight and it just made a mess out of the thing.  My question wasn't how to remove it.  My question was is it possible to bleed with only three of the four bleeder valves, or do I need a rebuilt caliper to avoid being the dangerous person you accuse me of.
I hope you were just in a bad mood when you wrote that, cause telling someone who's put alot of effort, money an time into their car that they shouldn't own it is just... well, fucked up.
$.05
Ryan


> Are you serious?
> 
> You broke a bleeder and you haven't replaced the bleeder or the caliper. I
> mean come on replacing the bleeder is fairly simple, easy out of the right
> size and boom you pull out the bad and put in a new. And if you can't find
> just a bleeder swap the caliper with a reman.
> 
> Maybe you shouldn't have a car if you are not going to maintain it properly,
> I know I don't want to be on the road around you.
> 
> Just my .02
> 
> Brian
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan H" <rhock99@epix.net>
> To: "Dan" <dan@angband.org>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Brake bleeding help...
> 
> 
> > So what can I do?  Would bleeding only three brakes be a bad idea?  Would
> air in the broken one ever come out?
> > Suggestions welcome.  Thx!
> >
> > >
> > > From: Dan <dan@angband.org>
> > > Date: 2003/08/14 Thu AM 12:15:48 EDT
> > > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: Re: Brake bleeding help...
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 12:11:43AM -0400, Ryan H wrote:
> > > > I snapped off the bleeder valve last time I bled the brakes,
> thankfully it stayed closed.  But I plan on swapping pads/discs/lines in the
> near future, and was wondering - would a power brake bleeder eliminate the
> troubles I would have with trying to bleed the system?  How, and more
> importantly, how good do these work?  Worth it ($44)?  Thx!
> > > > The front calipers are fairly new, so I don't wanna have to replace
> them just cause I can't bleed one of them.
> > >
> > > You can build one for about $15.  They work great, very convenient, but
> > > you still need to open the bleeder valves, so I'm afraid they won't help
> > > you with your broken valve.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
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> > >
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