[Healeys] BN1 brake system

[David Leong]

Use a power pressure bleeder (I have a Motive Bleeder) and tap on the slaves to loosen any air bubbles. Make sure there are no high spots where air can get trapped and not be purged out of the bleeder screw


Dave

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of warthodson--- via Healeys
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 5:27 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] BN1 brake system

We have been trying for several months to bleed the brakes on RHD BN1, to no avail. The car has been professionally restored & appears to be in excellent condition. Today, we tried again to bleed the system following the shop manual. I.E. backing off the adjusters on the front & back & bleeding & then readjusting the brakes. The results were the same. There seems to be an excessively large amount of pedal travel before the brakes are engaged & when engaged they feel "spongy". We have access to 2 other 100's for reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, we are not clear on the adjustment of the free play of the master cylinder.
Gary Hodson
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