Re: poor brake pedal

[Dave & M <rusd@sitestar.net>]

Breda,

The tape works, sort of.
The only sure way of manual bleeding is to be sure that the screw is
only open when there is pressure on the brake pedal & the system. This
way, you can be certain that no air is drawn back in via the bleed screw.

Dave Russell
BN2



Breda O'Sullivan wrote:
 > Thank you to everyone for their advice.
 >
 > Did anyone ever try applying some plumbers tape around the bleed
 > screw threads, to prevent air intake when the screw is slackened
 > for bleeding?
 >
 > Thanks again.