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Subject:Re: bleed brakes after clutch slave failure?
From:Mark
Date:Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:44:30 -0400

yep - brakes are still good as far as I know - thanks for the reply!

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 8:53 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 08:24 PM 3/26/2011, Mark wrote:
>
>> Quick question - If I lost hydraulic fluid through a bad clutch slave
>> cylinder, to the point where the brake fluid reservoir got real low (brake
>> light came on), will I have to bleed the brake system as well as the
>> clutch
>> system when adding new fluid?
>>
>
> Shouldn't.  Brakes are still working, right?  The clutch takes its fluid
> from a higher point in the reservoir for just that reason, so it can't kill
> the brakes.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>

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