Technically, yes, the fluid level in the reservoir will drop a tiny bit over
time as brake pads wear and pistons have to reach further out of the bores,
but hardly enough to notice. This has nothing to do with dampness getting
past the m/c seal.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell at comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:49 PM
To: Rich Chrysler
Cc: 'healeylist'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Opinions Sought
Won't the fluid level drop--albeit a little--as the brake pads wear in?
Bob
On 3/27/2011 2:39 PM, Rich Chrysler wrote:
> There really should be no fluid loss at all. It should not be an expected
> "normal" condition.
>
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 4:00 PM
> To: healeylist
> Subject: [Healeys] Opinions Sought
>
> Was under the dash putting the speedo back in and noticed a slight bit of
> wetness around the rubber dust boot on the
> clutch M/C. Pulled the boot off, and there was just a teensy smear of
fluid
> on the cyl, and a bit of dark gray greasy
> crud where the pushrod goes through the retaining washer. Fluid use/loss
is
> negligible, about what you'd expect from
> brake surface wear. The outside of the M/C is dry and clutch works fine.
I
> use silicone brake/clutch fluid, FWIW. The
> M/C is one of the iron Lucas types Moss was selling a few years ago, and
> probably 6-8 yrs-- +/- 30K miles--old.
>
> My question to the List is: am I in danger of imminent/eventual failure of
> the M/C, or is this no big deal and to be
> expected, or something in between?
>
>
> Bob
>
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