I have quite the opposite problem on my 1984 Alfa Spider race car. I
installed a new ATE 22 mm brake master cylinder. I normally like to bleed the
brakes by cracking each bleed screw in turn and letting gravity do most of the
job. But for gravity to work on this particular master cylinder, I had to
loosen the two bolts that hold the master cylinder to the brake booster.
I need to remove the master and drill inside the push rod slightly to gain
more gap. But the brakes bleed fine when pumping the pedal. And I always
finish the process by pumping the pedal.
I have a brand new 24 mm ATE
master cylinder I got from Andy Kress at Performatek some time ago. I will
probably put it on instead.
By the way, when bleeding, I always use
about 6 inches of clear vinyl tubing to get the fluid out away from the
caliper and into the pan I use.
And the brake bleeders on the spider are
easy to remember. The rear brakes are 7 mm wrench. The clutch slave is 8 mm
wrench and the front calipers are 9 mm wrench. So it is 7, 8 & 9 going
forward, although I rarely bleed the clutch.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
________________________________
From: Brian Shorey [email protected]
Subject:
RE: [alfa] Re: Strange Milano brakes, revisited
The shims are essentially the
way to adjust the free play. On older
systems, I seem to remember removing a
clevis pin and spinning a threaded
rod to adjust the free play.
I've never
had to do this in a GTV6 or a Milano!
bs
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