Message-ID: <001001bfe705$f4eba580$e3fdfea9@walter>
From: "Walter Dodson" <coy0te@earthlink.net>
To: "LancairList" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Bleeder port location
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:52:12 -0700
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Ron,
The bleeder port is always on the bottom of your brake caliper.  When using
a one man brake bleeder you inject fresh Mil-H-5606 hydraulic fluid from the
bottom of the caliper under pressure and mop up the excess at the brake
master cylinder.  If you are sharp you'll have a rag or a line with a bottle
to capture the overflow.  If not, just mop up the mess.  Brake bleeding is a
fine art and not too much fun, either.  Piper products with five master
cylinders are the worst.
To make a one man bleeder just get a nice new oil squirt can and fill it
with red hyd. fluid.  Put a small diameter clear plastic tube on the tip and
connect it to the bleeder port.  Using a 1/4" ignition wrench, open the port
and pump away.  A helper can yell to you when the master cylinder overflows.
Close the bleeder port and test the brake.  If it is firm all is well.  If
not, start over; you still have air in there.  The air bubbles will float
upwards and if the line takes a downward turn you just have to pump faster.
You can pump faster than the bubbles will float upwards... except in a
Piper!   Good luck!
Walter Dodson, the old IA

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