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RE: Bleeding Brakes

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Subject: RE: Bleeding Brakes
From: PiJay@t-online.de (Peter Juergens)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 96 16:39 +0100
>>>          Fellow Scions,
          
          A recent thread on the procedure for bleeding brakes brought 
          back something that I think about every time I do this, but 
          rarely remember to ask anyone about.  The following 
          discussion will use the terms left and right, where left is 
          the drivers side (for those of us on the American side of 
          the pond).  This discussion also is only applicable for 
          left-hand drive cars.
          
          We are supposed to start the bleeding process with the wheel 
          furthest from the master cylinder.  But which wheel is 
          really furthest?  Physically, of course, it is the right 
          rear.  But these cars were designed to be built as right 
          hand drive, and so the brake lines to the rear of the car 
          are on the RIGHT side, and a pipe goes from the master 
          cylinder across to the right side, hooks into the pipe to 
          the rear, and, at the rear, a short pipe leads to the right 
          wheel, and a longer pipe leads to the left wheel.  
          Therefore, in terms of pipe length (or "pipically", rather 
          that physically) the rear LEFT wheel is furthest from the 
          master cylinder, and should be bled first.  Actually, now 
          that I think about it, the CLOSEST wheel "pipically" may the 
          front right.  I'm not sure of the layout of the pipes in the 
          front of the car.  Does a spur lead from near the master 
          cylinder to the front left, or does the pipe cross to the 
          right side, and this another pipe lead all the way back to 
          the left wheel?  The point is, when bleeding brakes, I think 
          we need to look at the layout of the brake pipes and order 
          the wheels according the amount of pipe from the master 
          cylinder, then bleed from longest to shortest.
          
          Is this correct? Is this common knowledge?  Any comments 
          would be appreciated. 
          
          Warren Allen
          Winston-Salem, NC
          1960 TR-3
<<<

Well, Warren,
that's a kind of stuff I don't like too much

and as you said "only applicable for left hand driven cars".

My 4 is RHD, although living in Germany, so I don't mind.

But I'm looking forward for that new discussion.

BFN  Peter
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