Re: [alfa] Alfa brake bleed

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@xxxxxx>]

Hi David:

Just a guess, but I had a similar problem with a rear caliper on my '87 
Spider Veloce.  Are you sure the caliper body isn't dragging on a rusted 
section of the brake rotor?  In my case, the rebuilt caliper had some 
flashing that hadn't been fully ground off the caliper body during 
originally manufacture, and a few hits with a Dremel grinder cleaned it 
right up.

If it was both calipers (and all four pads) dragging, I might guess that 
the pressure compensation valve (mounted centrally on the chassis) was at 
fault, but otherwise, I've got no other suggestions.  Good luck.

Regards,

Dean
Lutz, FL
'74 & '87 Spider Veloce's

At 03:19 PM 10/14/2004, you wrote:

> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:12:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: David Griszkauskas <alfagriz1@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Alfa brake bleed
>
> Thanks for everyone's help. The speedbleeders worked
> great during the bleeding, could be the easiest bleed
> job I've ever done. HOWEVER, the reason I started this
> in the beginning was to eliminate rubbing of a pad in
> the pass rear. I thought the caliper was bad so I
> replaced it with another (not new or rebuilt either)
> and I still get the problem, now it just seems more
> pronounced - constant rubbing of the pad like it never
> fully releases when the pedal is let off. Any ideas?
> :(
>
> Grizzly
>
> 1988 Graduate
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