01-12-2006, 05:29 PM
Bottom out the pedal is not running out of fluid... it is... bottoming out the pedal, which sends the master cylinder through the entirety of its possible motion. This doesn't normally happen since there is usually fluid pressure stopping it. Since it never does that there can be buildup of just... shit... When you run the rubber seals of the master cylinder over such gunk and shit, it can tear or dirty the seal, which would pretty much ruin its effectiveness.
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.