Re: brakes need bleeding again?

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

If you have been bleeding and can't get a hard pedal either your 
bleeding technique is faulty, you have a fluid leak somewhere, a hose 
is swelling (bad) or the master cylinder is shot. I disagree with 
Harold's sequence, I start closest to the master cylinder ie; front 
left, front right, rear left rear right unless you are reverse 
pressurizing the system but that takes special equipment. NEVER reuse 
brake fluid, always put in fresh. Have an assistant pump the brakes 
and make sure he holds down the pedal as you tighten the bleeder! Have 
him hold the pedal down HARD and inspect all of the hoses for 
swelling. Look at all of the calipers for any signs of wetness 
(leaks). Look under the master cylinder for wetness and inside the 
vacuum hose from the booster. If you have to add ANY brake fluid after 
you bleed the system (and top it off) you have a leak and that is 
UNACCEPTABLE!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Yes, you probably need to bleed again. With the steel lines the 
> braking should feel a little bit firmer (as in hard pedal). With all 
> four calipers down the bleeding sequence is more important. Farthest 
> from the master cylinder first - RR, LR, RF, LF. Be sure you are 
> bleeding to fresh fluid discharge. Also, if you are doing it the 
> shade tree way with someone pushing on the master cylinder while 
> another does the bleeding you have probably caused the master 
> cylinder to leak internally for a while especially if the fluid was 
> over five or six years old. (Could explain the lower pedal)
> 
> Harold McElraft - 3354