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by agb32
Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:59 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Brake help required...
Replies: 10
Views: 1558

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...
by agb32
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?
by agb32
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!)
by agb32
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...