I also recommend pressing by hand, not by foot. Your fingers can make more than enough pressure and the feel as the shuttle moves is quite distinct.
Donald. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I did some brake work on my 76 Spit this past winter... >> my brake warning light came on and I am having trouble >> centering the shuttle... Does anyone have advice with >> this problem? > > When I got my GT6 the PDWA wasn't centered, and when I rebuilt the Spitfie's > brakes it got uncentered. For the GT6 I ended up taking the PDWDWA apart to > free the piston, then installed it with the piston centered and was careful > not to overpush the pedal when bleeding the brakes. At least I think I > remember that's what I did; in any case, the PWDWAMDWA was centered when I > was done. On the Spitfire I centered the PDMDWAMPDWADA the way you're > supposed to: After everything is bled (blud?), open a valve slightly on one > end of the car, then slowly depress the pedal until the light goes off. If > it doesn't, then the piston's position must be that it is slud over to the > other side, so close the first valve and open one from the other end of the > car. When you are pushing the pedal be careful not to push it so fast that > it just jumps top the other side immediately. And since you have to do this > with the system powered, you might want to disconnect the wire to the coil, > or test t > h! > e switch by attaching an external light or something. > > Jim Muller > GT6+, Spitfire _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
