

| Subject: | Bleeding brakes (sorry more info now) |
| From: | Aaron Robinson |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:38:41 -0700 |
Sorry...I knew that I forgot that all important year info as soon as I sent my mail. It's a 1991 Vanagon GL. What happened was I was changing the pads and accidentally pumped the caliper piston out, letting a bit of fluid out of the system. I fixed that, but the brakes are really spongy...no pressure on the first pump, but with 2 more quick ones, it will pump up and stop fairly quickly. Before I changed the pads the brakes were a bit spongy and that wasn't due to the pads being worn (what I have no clue). But now that I changed them and lost some of the fluid (and maybe got some air in there?) they are *really* spongy. Changing the pads shouldn't affect this...it just gets rid of that nasty metal on metal sound. Now what I was going to try to do was bleed the brakes and see if that improved them back to their state before I "fixed" them. I've never bled brakes. I will have another person around, but I need to know the process first. I hope that helps to fill you in on the info Thanks for the help! Aaron
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