jcuk
Active Member
The saga of the brakes continues...
I stripped down my leaking hub today which turned out to be leaking far worse than I thought. I changed the hub seal and replaced all the gaskets. I've got new shoes and drums on both sides, all adjusted and the pedal still goes to the floor.
I tried to bleed the back, but try as I might I couldn't more either of the bleed nipples. In the end I took off the slaves and tried to get them off with a socket. After rounding them off I managed to finally get them out by hammering on a 10mm socket and using a breaker bar. Supposedly the garage had bled the brakes a couple of months ago, but I don't think the nipples have been moved for years.
One of the slaves had a trace of fluid under the dust seal, I stripped it down and it ad a few bits of rubber floating round in it, so it looks like the seals are going. So its a new set of seals and a pair of bleed nipples is in order.
I'm not going to get the chance to sort this out before the pub meet, and my wife is going out that night too and needs the car, so I'm not sure if I'm going to make it
I stripped down my leaking hub today which turned out to be leaking far worse than I thought. I changed the hub seal and replaced all the gaskets. I've got new shoes and drums on both sides, all adjusted and the pedal still goes to the floor.
I tried to bleed the back, but try as I might I couldn't more either of the bleed nipples. In the end I took off the slaves and tried to get them off with a socket. After rounding them off I managed to finally get them out by hammering on a 10mm socket and using a breaker bar. Supposedly the garage had bled the brakes a couple of months ago, but I don't think the nipples have been moved for years.
One of the slaves had a trace of fluid under the dust seal, I stripped it down and it ad a few bits of rubber floating round in it, so it looks like the seals are going. So its a new set of seals and a pair of bleed nipples is in order.
I'm not going to get the chance to sort this out before the pub meet, and my wife is going out that night too and needs the car, so I'm not sure if I'm going to make it