Hi, Ken. Same thing just happened to me, except it was the left front. I
honestly don't know what happened here...I took the bleed nipple out and
pumped once - fluid gushed out. Tried a spare nipple and it seemed fine and
bled ok, but later, when I tried it again to make sure, it turned out the
spare nipple was apparently not seating properly. When I pushed quite hard
on the pedal now that I'd buttoned everything up, fluid was oozing out
around the threads. (Naturally, I was so excited when I thought I'd fixed my
problem that I posted to the list that the problem was the bleed nipple...it
wasn't, so consider this an "I'll-go-stand-in-the-corner-now" retraction.)
Put the old nipple back in...same thing push the (very hard) pedal, nothing!
I wound up removing the restrictor valve (I think that's the name...it's the
part inside of the hex fitting on the top of the 5-way fitting on the frame
just behind the passenger side front wheel). Put it all back together,
refilled and all four corners bled properly. (This solution has been posted
on the list before...should be able to find it on ListQuest (brakes locking
or maybe it was "binding".)
Just finished it up this afternoon and took it for a nice drive. Didn't run
through any stop lites or hit any trees, so I guess I did ok. Pain in the
neck though, since removing the fitting drains the entire canister...I HATE
BRAKE FLUID!
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Good luck with yours.
Michael Ferguson
1959 TR3A TS53990L...O
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>From: "Ken Gano" <triumphs@mcleodusa.net>
>To: "Triumphs mailing list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: TR3 brake bleeding
>Date: Sat, Jul 29, 2000, 4:11 PM
>
>
> Does anyone have a good suggestion as to why I can not get one (right rear)
> brake cylinder to bleed? I have fluid flowing to the cylinder but nothing
> (no fluid, no air) coming out of that cylinder. I see no other leaks in the
> system. HELP :)
>
>
> Ken Gano
>
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