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
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
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