Thanks Steve. It worked. I had to crank it down a little, more than a bleeder
in a caliper, about the same as compressing a crush washer.
jim
> On Jun 4, 2024, at 12:41 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim. I don't have a definitive answer, but since you haven't gotten any
> responses I'll take a shot. Calipers and cylinders I have seen seem to have
> ports that are the same for the line and the bleeder. Sometimes they are
> even shipped with the bleeder in the wrong port. I would think that a
> bleeder that is made to work with the European system would work on that
> splitter. I would say, just try it and see. If it seals and doesn't leak,
> great. You can always go back to other less elegant options. If nothing
> else, maybe my comments here will encourage someone more knowledgeable to
> respond.
>
> -Steve T.
>
> At 08:01 PM 6/3/2024, Jim Franklin wrote:
>> I have a Moto Guzzi that had linked brakes, with the rear pedal operating
>> the rear caliper and one front caliper via a length of tubing. I'm
>> converting it to normal operation so I need to cap off one of the ports on
>> the splitter connected to the rear caliper. From what I've read European
>> braking systems use a bubble flare on their tubing- a one time use flare
>> that crushes to conform to a concave bottomed hole.
>>
>> I figured I'd plug the unused hole with a bleeder so I can easily remove any
>> air that's in that half of the splitter, but I don't know if a normal
>> conical bleeder will seal against the bottom of the splitter. Does anyone
>> know? The other option is to just cap it off with a bolt and crush washer
>> but it's not as elegant.
>>
>> thanks,
>> jim
>
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