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Subject:Re: air in the brakes?
From:John Anderson
Date:Mon, 14 Oct 1996 23:30:19 -0400

Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt wrote:
> 
> I didn't catch this the first time I read this posting, but caught it on
> reading it on a reply from another reader. What I question is "the front
> bottoms"? If the front bleeders are in fact on the bottom, someone
> installed them on the wrong sides. 

Some ATE? calipers have upper and lower bleeders.  Only the upper
need bled for bleeding purposes but the lowers will sometimes yield
some interesting crap during a full fluid change.  Air will of course
rise so final bleed always from the top.

John
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