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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 08:06 PM
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Brake problem

Maybe I posted in the wrong section.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ke-judder.html
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 09:31 PM
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I responded in that thread, but I'll say it here as well - using the right-handed wheel cylinder on the left side would prevent you from getting all the air out since the bleeder valve won't be at the top. Right?
 
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Gary Lewis
I responded in that thread, but I'll say it here as well - using the right-handed wheel cylinder on the left side would prevent you from getting all the air out since the bleeder valve won't be at the top. Right?

So true that is.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:11 AM
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Not with wheel cylinders for an '85 F-250 with 12 x 3" brakes.
 
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Yeah, the wheel cylinders on my 12 x 3" brakes are installed backwards, too. The cylinders are horizontally oriented, not vertically.
 
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That was my bad. I assumed, and you know what that does, that Tom's cylinders are like mine, with the bleeder valve at an angle. So, swapping them would put it pointing down rather than up. Sorry.
 
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