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To: "'spitfires@autox.team.net'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Bleeding Breaks
From: Kurt Strassner <Kurt.Strassner@trcinc.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:18:59 -0400
Hello All.

        I'm currently attempting to bleed my break system. ('75 Spit, Tandem
M/C) After spending the last two nights, 4 hours each, pressing the break
pedal over and over, I'm willing to acknowledge I need help. Here is my
situtation...

        When I attempt to bleed the rear wheels (starting with the furthest
wheel from the M/C), I get nothing but air from both wheels, and the fluid
level in the M/C plastic bottle never gets any lower. I *can*, however,
bleed the front two wheels with no problem. 

        What would cause the front wheels to bleed, but not the rear ones?

        I have rebuilt the break M/C (new seals and tipper valve) which did
not fix the problem.

        The break system was working fine before I put the car up on jacks
to rebuild the rear suspension and rear drivetrain. If I introduced a small
hole in the rear break line somewhere, would it cause the symtoms above? If
so, how would I go about finding it.

        Could the problem be with the M/C?

Thanks,

Kurt Strassner

'75 Red Spit
'77 Yellow Spit

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