Re: bleeding ABS brakes and more
alanh (alanh@accesscomm.net)
Sun, 27 Apr 97 13:54:54 PDT
Too late, I allready turned the bleed screw. Again, the car is a 1987 505=
STI V6 with ABS for those new to the list.
In the past on other vehical with master cylinders I would always pump =
the brake pedal while my brother jacked with the bleed screw.
This is the first ABS car I have owned, so I am not to sure on what to =
do. When I first started it up, the brake pedal would go almost to the =
floor while the ABS unit was pumping up. Then I drove the car for a few =
miles (isolated streets, no children,pets,pickup-trucks) and noticed the =
pedal action became firmer. Should I even mess with it now? It feels okay=
. Does the ABS system remove air from the lines? If it does not, could =
the air damage it in anyway? Like I said, this is a whole new exciting =
world for me, so any suggestions would be great.
One other thing, I documented the front brake job with my brother's Casio=
Digital Camera. I would like to include this on my webpage. I am looking=
into several ways that I can display this. One would be to make it a Pow=
erPoint presentation. I think the latest version allows you to save it =
in a format that you can put on a web page. If I can get it to work the =
way I want it to, then expect more to come. I think that this could be =
a fantastic tool to all of us who need a more visual description of what =
to do, and it also would allow us to see the mechanical makeup of our fel=
low Peugeot owners cars.
BTW, I went to a nightclub last night that had WebTV. I brought up severa=
l of the "Owners" Peugeot pages including mine. I was hit by many questio=
ns about Peugeots. Most people did not know about them and where interest=
ed in learning what the car was like, and how cheap one could by one now =
for. Nothing like a little Guerrilla Orphan Marketing.
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> You don't need to undo the bleeder screw to change the pads. Just use =
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> problem with the system. Justin
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