James,
I'll add one thing...after _one_ of the many times I had my brake
hydraulics apart, I had a problem with soft pedal feel. Centralizing the
PDWA, running the car a few miles, THEN bleeding the brakes again, released
whatever air was trapped in the system, and returned my brakes to normal.
Before doing the above, I had pumped about a gallon of LMA through the
system to no avail.
One leading question that Jim forgot was: did you bench-bleed the Master
Cylinder before installation?
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire (brake fluid changed more often than engine oil!!)
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At 12:03 PM 8/24/98 -0500, Gambony, Jim wrote:
>James,
>
>The conventional wisdom is that you want to start at the wheel farthest from
>the Brake MC (right rear on US models) and "bleed" your way to the "closest"
>wheel (Left front... again here in the states). You want to pull a lot of
>fluid from the rears to make sure you got the job done. Typically I allow a
>full quart (roughly a liter) for the job.
>
>Now onto some leading questions.
>
>Did you have a vinyl tube on the bleeders so you could watch the bubbles
>come out?
>
>Did you use an Eezibleed (or similar) or did you employ a mate in the
>drivers seat ("up", "hold", "down", "up" repeat 30-40 times)? The real
>advantage to the Eezibleed is that you can just open the bleeder and push a
>lot of fluid through quickly without the reservoir draining.
>
>Are the rear shoes properly adjusted? Have you tried putting the parking
>brake on and pumping the brakes? If they feel firm then, the rear shoes
>aren't adjusted out as far as they need it.
>
>
>Jim
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James [SMTP:james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk]
>> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 10:29 AM
>> To: Spit Fires
>> Subject: Brakes - feel
>>
>> Just replaced /overhaulled the whole of my break system.
>>
>> New RW Slave Cylinders, Disks, pads, shoes, brake lines, brake hoses.
>> Overhauled MC , calipers.
>>
>> But the pedal goes in a long way, and it feels very spring. I think I
>> have all the air out of the system, given the fluid I have put through.
>>
>> What difference does the order make.
>>
>> Any sugestions?
>>
>> I have put through over half a l of brake fluid.
>> --
>> James Carpenter
>> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
>
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