audi brakes & bleeding

[ralexander03 at snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

I knew you could!

Rick Alexander

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@earendel.org>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 1:08 AM
Subject: OT: audi brakes & bleeding


> So..
> the saga continues and is completed for this stage. 
> To bleed audi brakes you HAVE to use a pressure bleed system.
> 
> Here's how i did it.
> #0 pump -- hold -- bleed (repeat) -- no joy
> #1 tried the head pressure in the iinsectecide sparyer.. no joy leaked 
> alot and didnt really push the fluid. 
> #2 
> "acquired" a master clyn cap.. any VW audi will work just about.
> bought bike inner tube
> bought bike frame pump.
> trimmed a round circle slightly larger than the inner dia of the cap
> broke sensor mouning out of the cap.
> inserted the valve portion thru the hole.
> pumped it up.
> blead each valve (6 ea on a audi)
> checked it..
> brakes work good. ABS even functioning mostly...
> 
> 
> 
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