OK...second message on the rear brakes..... I went ahead and decided to rebuild the rear cyls while they were out. S__t! The rebuild kit I just bought from Nigel is for 3/4" bore rear cyls. Thirteen had 5/8" cyls. So now I'm REALLY wondering what these people (the p.o.) was doing back here (rear brakes) According to my own listings of brake and wheel cyl sizes.... http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/brakecylspecs.htm it should have 3/4" cyls. This matches Nigel's list as well (since he sent me 3/4" kits.
So my question is..... what effect will this have re-installing the proper 3/4" cyls? (again...old parts I never threw out) :-) Paul Tegler [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.teglerizer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:20 PM Subject: I amaze myself..... two types of studs.... dried brake fluid?? (long) > I've got a ton of old parts in the cabinets. I usually never > throw anything away as I always find a way to make > something out of old pieces to perform some task of > fix some other assembly. > > While finishing up Thirteen's rear brakes, after installing > new rear shoes... I realized one of the studs was mangled. > Well what do you know... three extra hubs in the cabinet... > I'll press one out and replace it. Yeaha right! I'll be a > son of a b___! The studs are NOT the same! the lug nuts > don't even match! But what's this?!! I've also got the > correct nuts for the wire wheel adapters... and they fit > these studs.... but they're NOT like the other three! > ...one more roundtail, squaretail anomaly resolved/noted. > > OK...I put it all back together and get ready to bleed the > brakes. What... damn... bllled screw is stripped. OK I get > it out anyway. Press the brak peddle to bleed.... no fluid. > What! The peddle has pressure. I REALLY stomp on it... > still no fluid...even with the nipple completely removed. > So what's going on. > > So I rip out the flex pipe. OK... fluid drips from the frame > mounted hard line. So I figure the old flex hose has simply > swelled and closed itself off. I can't even run a mig wire > through it. WOW! It's not swollen... the rubber is in great > shape. no cracks and very flexible. Christ! HAS ANYONE > EVER SEEN BRAKE FLUID TURN TO WAX! > I disected the hose and the material is like old dried WAX! > And these people were driving this Spit up till mid last summer! > > well I don't know what they were from... I thought my old > Midget. Well what do you know....the ends look like > thes Spit hoses! well I'll be ...GLAD AGAIN I never > chuck stuff. At least I've got new hoses to install. > > anyone ever have any experience with cheap or old > brake fluid turning to solids???!!!! > > > Paul Tegler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.teglerizer.com *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!