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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: 01 November 2006, 11:33 »
what about if you clamp the cylinder in with a G clamp or something?
TBH, buy an Eezi Bleed, best £10 or so you'll spend.  Makes brake bleeding an effortless 1 man job :)
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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: 01 November 2006, 12:00 »
Buy an eezibleed kit? Meh I have my own home made one that works a treat.

I'll give it another bash tonight. I have pipe clamps that I used when I removed the caliper so really should only have lost about 1" of fluid in the flexi and need to flush the air out of the caliper I replaced.

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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: 01 November 2006, 12:04 »
does it work off pressure from a spare tire, or do you have to pump the pedal.  If you have to pump the pedal, buy an eezi bleed ;)
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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: 01 November 2006, 12:41 »
Quote from: Horney on 01 November 2006, 12:00
Buy an eezibleed kit? Meh I have my own home made one that works a treat.

Eeerrrrmmmmm, Obviously it doesent!
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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: 01 November 2006, 12:48 »
Eeerrrrmmmmm, how would you know that?
Its not as if an eezi bleed is a complex thing to build up in your shed...
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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: 01 November 2006, 12:54 »
No it's not pressure fed its a peddle pumper design. It does work a treat I've been using it to bleed brakes on cars for 3 years. This is the first time I have had a problem and the first time I have done rear brake calipers on a MKII Golf. It maybe that this method is not good enough for this model of car.

My neighbour has a pressur ebleeder so I guess I may have to borrow that and give it a go, but that'll be at the weekend so looks like I'll have to cancel my retest and pay full wack for another MOT which will have to wait till next month now as I've run out of money anyway.

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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #16 on: 01 November 2006, 13:00 »
Quote from: Horney on 01 November 2006, 12:00
I have pipe clamps that I used when I removed the caliper so really should only have lost about 1" of fluid in the flexi and need to flush the air out of the caliper I replaced.

Nick

 :shocked: Don't clamp flexi pipes, it ain't a washing machine, they're designed not to flex across the diameter, you'll weaken them severely if you do.... :rolleyes:
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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #17 on: 01 November 2006, 13:02 »
Er yeah if you use some sort of bodge clamp. This is a proper brake flexi pipe clamp designed to do the job.

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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #18 on: 01 November 2006, 13:18 »
 :cool: Well, you learn something every day, I never knew such a thing existed..... :smiley:

I just bend mine double and flexi-tie them................not!  :grin:
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Re: Need help with my brakes!!!!!!
« Reply #19 on: 01 November 2006, 13:29 »
Quote from: jezza16v on 01 November 2006, 13:18
I just bend mine double and flexi-tie them................not!  :grin:

 :shocked:

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