I have just asked this question on the S3Club forum. Bleeding the TLS S3 front brakes is a nightmare because the bleed nipple is on the bottom. Why not run the copper pipe from the flexi pipe to the bottom cylinder first and put the nipple on the top? It means making up new ,longer pipes but it seems so obvious there must be a catch. The last time I bled these brakes it took 3ltr of fluid and a lot of evenings and I don't fancy a repeat.
Cheers, Dave
Bleeding brakes!
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Re: Bleeding brakes!
You mean like this 
First done on Patrick's Carawagon (S3 6 pot brakes) then on my S2A Rex the Rat (S2 LWB TLS) and on my Carawagon (S2 LWB TLS).
There are those who say it makes no difference as the air gets pushed to the end of the line anyway, but we don't have any of the bleeding issues others seem to be always reporting
Hope that helps,
Robin.
First done on Patrick's Carawagon (S3 6 pot brakes) then on my S2A Rex the Rat (S2 LWB TLS) and on my Carawagon (S2 LWB TLS).
There are those who say it makes no difference as the air gets pushed to the end of the line anyway, but we don't have any of the bleeding issues others seem to be always reporting
Hope that helps,
Robin.
1967 109" Carawagon 200TDi
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
Re: Bleeding brakes!
Cheers Robin. That's just what I meant. With what seems to be so obvious you do wonder if there is a major problem everyone else knows about. I have just discovered that one brake problem I had was that the friction material had come away from the shoes. Sometimes worked sometimes not and sometimes like the drum was full of gravel. Trying to get the other drums off to check them.