[Healeys] Opinions Sought

[Bob Spidell]

Won't the fluid level drop--albeit a little--as the brake pads wear in?

Bob


On 3/27/2011 2:39 PM, Rich Chrysler wrote:
> There really should be no fluid loss at all. It should not be an expected
> "normal" condition.
>
> Rich
>
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> On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 4:00 PM
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> Subject: [Healeys] Opinions Sought
>
> Was under the dash putting the speedo back in and noticed a slight bit of
> wetness around the rubber dust boot on the
> clutch M/C.  Pulled the boot off, and there was just a teensy smear of fluid
> on the cyl, and a bit of dark gray greasy
> crud where the pushrod goes through the retaining washer.  Fluid use/loss is
> negligible, about what you'd expect from
> brake surface wear.  The outside of the M/C is dry and clutch works fine.  I
> use silicone brake/clutch fluid, FWIW.  The
> M/C is one of the iron Lucas types Moss was selling a few years ago, and
> probably 6-8 yrs-- +/- 30K miles--old.
>
> My question to the List is: am I in danger of imminent/eventual failure of
> the M/C, or is this no big deal and to be
> expected, or something in between?
>
>
> Bob
>


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