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Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders

To: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders
From: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:18:20 -0400
Even if you bench bleed it, you still have to bleed it in the 
car.  It is just helpful to have only a little bit of air to get rid 
of, instead of an entirely empty cylinder.

At 05:19 PM 4/2/2010, Jim Stone wrote:
>Thanks for the education, guys.  But one thing still confuses me about bench
>bleeding.  Once the cylinder is bench bled, you still have to install it on
>the car.  Won't fluid leak out and air get into the system during
>installation?  I know I can put a bolt into the inlet port during the
>installation process, but I've still got to remove that bolt in order to hook
>up the hydraulic lines.  Or, I am being really stupid and missing something
>obvious?
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