[TR] Brake master cylinder

wbeech wbeech at flash.net
Thu Oct 23 18:23:43 MDT 2008


Safety!  You are much less likely to be injured if the M/C fails on the
bench.  Fill it up, put a little pressure on it, bleed it out.

Bill B
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Roger Wilson
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:57 PM
To: 'FRED E THOMAS'; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Brake master cylinder

Fred,

Are you recommending filling and bleeding prior to installation? I have a
mityvac, so that would not be a problem, but what is the advantage to bench
bleeding?

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: FRED E THOMAS [mailto:frede.thomas2 at verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:33 PM
To: Roger Wilson
Subject: Re: [TR] Brake master cylinder

Roger, fill it with fluid and bleed it out, install the unit and then adjust

the the bolt/nut inor out, usually out from it's old position, bleeding and
bench testing are very important rather than road testing (know what I me
mean)  "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Wilson" <rjwilson1250 at gmail.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:19 PM
Subject: [TR] Brake master cylinder


>I found a small leak at the brake master cylinder on my '60 TR3.  I 
>ordered  a new cylinder, which came in yesterday. It looks like a 
>simple swap, but  the shop manual doesn't have much on changing it out, 
>which I plan to do  this weekend. Is there anything I should look out for?
>
> I have noticed that some TR3's have a bolt with nuts to act as a stop 
> for the pedal in front of the cylinder bracket.  I think it is so that 
> the rod doesn't pull on the washer and ring at the front of the 
> cylinder. Does that have any benefit?  It seems that the fork can be 
> adjusted to compensate for that.
>
> Thanks,
> Roger Wilson
> '60 TR3
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