Spridgeteers -
When I removed my clutch slave cylinder last week, it ended hanging
straight down from the flex hose. That reminded me of my experience
re-assembling the front disk brake system on my Harley FX. Since the
caliper (cylinder) was approximately straight down from the master cylinder
mounted on the bar, I just topped up the MC and tapped the line and caliper
to get the bubbles out. Did not use the bleed fitting. After setting for
a couple of hours with occasional tapping, I put the lid back on the MC,
and had a hard brake. Can anyone think of a reason why this wouldn't work
on the Sprite clutch slave?
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 05:13 PM 7/3/01 -0400, Geoff Branch wrote:
>Evangelos: I work mostly alone on my junk, er cars, and when it comes to
>bleeding it's such a pain in the butt that I even more want to be
>alone!!! Then
>I can swear. So the pressurization of the master cylinder (like what I
>understand the E-Z bleed does with tire pressure) I do with the Miti-vac
>on the
>blow cycle. Not much pressure at all, and with the bleeder open I also slowly
>pump the pedal. The extra reservoir that I put inline between the pump
>and the
>master cyl. just gives me more fluid and I don't have to worry about
>running out
>in the MC, which of course means you have to start all over again. Yes,
>it uses
>a lot of fluid. But it's an unpleasant task at best and anything to make it
>easier is ok by me. Now on airplanes (small single engine ones that have
>REALLY
>simple brake systems) we have bled them backwards with an oil can filled with
>fluid. Worked great...not FAA approved.
>
>Geoff Branch '74 Meejit needs springs
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Evangelos G. Makris" <egmakris@otenet.gr>
>To: "Geoff Branch" <gjbranch@mediaone.net>
>Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Bleeding my clutch AKA what not to do
>
>
> > Hello Geoff,
> > are you implying that your method is better than the 2-person
> "standard" one
>(i.e.
> > per the shop manual)? When it comes to bleeding brakes and clutches I'm
> rather
>at a
> > loss too, however everytime I take the cars to a professional they
> manage to
>make
> > the pedals feel solid, as if all the air is expelled, and they consistently
>use the
> > standard 2-person method.... I watch them do it and it seems perfectly
> > straightforward to me, but when I get a helper to press the pedal while
> I turn
>the
> > bleeders, the result is not as good. Go figure...
> >
> > Needless to say the Eezibleed only manages to get half the air out,
>irrespective of
> > the tyre pressure. Wastes a lot of fluid and the results are not
> satisfactory.
> >
> > Evangelos
> > 66 Sprite, 78 Mini, 61 A40, 73 BGT
> >
> >
> > Geoff Branch wrote:
> >
> > > My Mini was the hardest thing to bleed that I have come up against,
> and the
> > > solution that worked for me was to pressurize the master cylinder with my
> > > Miti-Vac, through an auxillary reservoir so as to have more fluid
> avaiable,
>and
> > > proceed with the bleed normally into the clean jam jar. Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Geoff Branch '74 Meejit
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