[Healeys] Bleeding brakes

[Oudesluys]

Hi Larry,
Not a rare occurrence in BN1, but a BN1 is a rare occurrence on its own 
in the car world;-) . Most brake circuits are properly designed to make 
bleeding the system an easy straight forward job.
Same problems on some old Landrovers.
Cheers,
Kees Oudesluijs



Larry Varley schreef op 8-7-2015 om 10:22:
> Kees, this is not a rare occurrence in a BN1, stop and take a look at 
> the BN1 front wheel cylinder layout. If the brakes are not de adjusted 
> there is an air pocket in the wheel cylinders above the height of the 
> bleed screw. The air will be very difficult to bleed out as it is 
> trapped. I have advised many to do this and they found an immediate 
> improvement in the bleeding process and improvement in pedal firmness.
> Regards
> Larry Varley
>
> On 8/07/2015 4:44 PM, Oudesluys wrote:
>> I have used an Eezibleed or similar lightly pressurized system for 
>> over 50 years and it has always worked for me on a very large range 
>> of vehicles.
>> A one man job that is done efficiently and quickly.
>> As remarked before, it is generally a good idea to adjust back your 
>> drum brakes and push back the calliper pistons (using e few small 
>> wedges between pads and discs) to minimise the volume in the brake 
>> cylinders and callipers if the bleed nipples are positioned in such a 
>> way that air can remain trapped in the cylinders or callipers, 
>> although this is a fairly rare occurrence.
>>
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>>
>>
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