I disconnected the clutch hose and capped it. I did not have rebleed
my clutch as the bubbles flowed up into the brake MC.

Sounds like a good project. Remember to loosen the parking brake
cables and make sure the brake shoe tension springs are not
upside-down as that would interfere with adjuster operation.

2010/4/25, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com>:
> Today I hope to finish my shocks and brake job - here's what I have planned:
>
> - new Bilstein HDs
> - new MC & fluid
> - new rear drums, shoes, wheel cylinders, hardware kit, cables
> - new front pads (rotors turned, rebuilt calipers 15k kms ago)
>
> I pulled the calipers & carriers off last night. The cheapo (from CIP) pads
> showed some cracks and a small piece missing from the edge. They were also
> worn more than expected - down to 9.5mm from 14mm in only 15k kms, so they
> would have been done by 50k kms or so. I decided to file down the mating
> surfaces of the caliper carrier to get most of the worn spots smoothed out.
> I wonder if there is a wear limit for caliper carriers? I snugged up one
> wheel bearing that was a bit loose. Rebuilt calipers still look good, mostly
> shiny with nice cadmium (?) plating. I installed new PBR pads from BD, I
> notice they are made in Australia, brand name Axxis Metal Master, made by
> Mintex Bendix... interesting, so are Mintex and PBR the same pad? Definitely
> a metallic or semi-metallic pad.
>
> New drums are painted with high heat paint ready to go on. New Enduro shoes
> from autohausaz (bought these before reading advice about better choices)
> look decent, and appear to use a semi-metallic compound.
>
> Still need to do MC, re-assemble rear brakes & flush system.
>
> One question - how do I deal with the clutch supply hose at the reservoir? I
> was going to bleed down the fluid at one caliper, then remove the clutch
> hose, then reservoir, then MC. Should I just cap off the hose? I will plan
> to bleed clutch also when I'm done. I do have a spare clutch master/slave,
> but wasn't planning on doing that just yet. With my luck, maybe I should.
>
> I look forward to having decent braking again soon!
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
>

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Chris S.
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