Quote Originally Posted by Jeff View Post
I found with my 2As that you had to remove the drums and shoes and clamp the wheel cylinders in with a G clamp to squeeze the air out of them, then bleed the lines. The Brits in their wisdom put the bleed nipple at the bottom and air can be trapped in the cylinders.

Jeff

You can often achieve the same result just by backing the adjusters right off, which will fully compress the cylinders. And if reverse bleeding the air will be carried back up the pipes to the M/C and reservoir.

John