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Re: bleedin' brakes

To: "Jack" <jkagy@bpsom.com>, "spitfire maillist"
Subject: Re: bleedin' brakes
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 22:41:12 -0400
At 10:19 PM 5/16/2003 -0400, Jack wrote:
>I have put new shoes on the rear brakes on my '77 spitfire and am ready to get
>the drums, wheels back on.  I had the brake system apart for the right rear.
>The owner's manual portion of the Haynes manual says that if both sides of the
>system are not open, you don't have to bleed both sides.  Is that true?  It
>looks like I have a dual system.

Maybe...  But bleeding the left rear is easy (in the USA at least).
You can reach bleeder screw while sitting in the driver seat!
No need to beg your wife or girlfriend to come out and pump for you.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit 

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