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Old 06 April 2003, 11:49 AM
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just fitting four pots to my wrx 94 my does the bleed nipple on the caliper go at the top or the bottom as they fit on both ways?
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IIRC it should be at the top.
Old 07 April 2003, 12:55 AM
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Rob,
I thought you were a mechanic!!!!!
Old 07 April 2003, 11:14 AM
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dynet i am mate but in all my haste to fit them i took them all off with out looking(did not realise that subaru calipers fit on both sides of the car just right way up or up side down)strange.
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Air bubbles rise in brake fluid so brake fluid connection at the bottom and air bleed (nipple) at the top. It's no more complicated than that.
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thanks every one just wanted to check(some of the cars i have worked on over the years have actually had the bleed points at the bottom )
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