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- Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:59 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake help required...
- Replies: 10
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Re: Brake help required...
Hi all, Thanks for all the help - all now sorted, brakes back to normal. Actually, only the brake caliper I'd been working on needed bleeding, which makes sense really, since there was almost no fluid loss... For future reference, what spanner size should be used for the rear drum brake bleed valves...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:31 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake help required...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1558
Re: Brake help required...
Thanks.
Any idea where I can get a suitable tube from? Is it sold at e.g. Halfords?
What is the proper way to dispose of the fluid? Council tip?
Any idea where I can get a suitable tube from? Is it sold at e.g. Halfords?
What is the proper way to dispose of the fluid? Council tip?
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:36 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake help required...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1558
Re: Brake help required...
No, I haven't bled them - how do I do that? There is some sort of valve on the caliper - do I just loosen that and pump the brakes until fluid comes out?
Thanks....
(might seem obvious, but I'm just learning!)
Thanks....
(might seem obvious, but I'm just learning!)
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brake help required...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1558
Brake help required...
Hi, Can anyone give ideas? We have Sierra front disk brakes, and I have been trying to change the brake caliper. All went smoothly until I realised I must have ordered the wrong side, because the brake pipe entrance was pointing down rather than up. So, I put the old one back on. Now, the brakes are...