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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Brake Bleeding Nightmare

Well, the brake issue continues!  Now that we've replaced all the brake components, it's time to bleed the brake.  Simple job right?  Wrong!  The trail of problems seems to follow me in every area of this car.  A simple bleeding of drum brakes should take about 30 minutes.  Well, I've spent over a week trying to figure out why I keep getting air in the brake lines, in particular the right rear break.

After much research, and conferring with VW experts, I believe I've narrowed it down to the new wheel cylinder I just installed.  It has a very small leak that was hard to detect, but it's enough to let air into the line.  This weekend, I'll swap that out and see if things work!

Pray for us!  This is very frustrating.  I'll keep ya posted.  ;)