Newps wrote:
: I know, that's why you do it from the bottom up, no pumping the brakes
: required. My mechaninic rebuilt my left main strut this week and since
: that requires disassembly of the brake system on that side I helped him
: today bleed the brakes. Reason #6458 why Beech has the reputation they
: do for quality and good engineering and design. The reservoir is on the
: firewall, no having to wiggle over the front seats to wait for the fluid
: to come squirting out onto your carpet.

Not to argue since all I know is heresay at this point, but my mechanic had
problems bleeding a guy's cherokee *even though* they were bleeding bottom-up.
Top-down, bottom-up, it didn't seem to matter.... they couldn't get all the air out.
Ended up having to replace some weird seal/gasket/valve thingy (don't know the
specifics). Apparently it's a common thing to have to replace... maybe why all the
FUD about bleeding Cherokee brakes. Perhaps it's only a PITA if this other thing is
broken. Sounds like Jay doesn't have any trouble.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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