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
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <ptegler@cablespeed.com>
To: <nass@yahoogroups.com>
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
> ptegler@cablespeed.com
> www.teglerizer.com
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