OT: Thank you, Eric Shea! |
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OT: Thank you, Eric Shea! |
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Oct 1 2017, 05:43 PM
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J is for Genius Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 16,629 Region Association: South East States |
So this is kind of off topic since I don't own a 914 right now. I'm fixing up a 67 Karmann Ghia at the moment, and I just did a complete brake overhaul - new lines, hoses, calipers and pads up front, cylinders and shoes in the rear, etc etc.
Anyway, I spent a week and 3 large bottles of brake fluid bleeding and bleeding and bleeding, and I could not get better than a mildly spongy pedal (and an increasingly annoyed girlfriend who was pushing the pedal for me!). Basically driving myself insane trying to figure out the issue. I've done similar brake jobs in the past, and didn't have as bad of a problem getting a decent pedal. I follow PMB on Facebook, and this video happened to show up in my feed a couple days ago: https://www.facebook.com/PMBPerformance/vid...54987868208193/ Literally in big block letters the answer to my problem just appeared! I took the car out to an empty road and about halfway through the bedin procedure the brake pedal suddenly was there! I'm sure this procedure is common knowledge to some folks, but I hadn't heard of it before. I figure that Eric doesn't hang out on The Samba so no point in posting there, but he does here, so I just wanted to say thanks man! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Whenever I own a 914 again, I'll be a customer once more! But for now, you have cured my car-related headache (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
ClayPerrine |
Oct 3 2017, 11:49 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,820 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Guys!
Go easy on the praise for Eric. If you keep it up, his head is gonna get so fat he won't be able to go through the front door of his shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) Seriously, I have been working on 914s for more than 30 years now. I can rebuild 914 calipers and they will work fine. But I choose to use PMB because the work done there is outstanding. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Clay |
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