[6pack] Rear Brake Fun

[Sally or Dick Taylor]

Very strange, Dan. I guess the first thing I'd do, so far as not getting any
fluid to the LR wheel, is to remove the bleed nipple. See if brake fluid is
getting that far. 

Meanwhile, the RR cylinder should not leak just because of
added pressure. Picture panic stops and what the seals must endure here. Take
a close look as to where this cylinder is leaking. I have found leakage at the
threaded connection and had to use teflon tape to get a better thread seal. 
Dick



>________________________________
> From: Dwayne Cooper
<dc_bruin at hotmail.com>
>To: 6pack at autox.team.net 
>Sent: Monday, February 4,
2013 9:32 AM
>Subject: [6pack] Rear Brake Fun
> 
>Gang,
>Kind of a long story
but it goes like this:  I got new tires and wheels and
>ended up with
noticeable negative camber.  I took the car to the local
>alignment shop and
the guy didn't want to fiddle with the trailing arm
>brackets so I decided to
order and install the adjustable brackets from
>Goodparts (beautiful things --
installed without a hitch).
>I should have stopped there, but as I had the
rear drums off I decided to
>spray a little brake cleaner around the backing
plate and other bits to clean
>things up a bit.  Well, I must have gotten too
aggressive with the cleaner
>because one of the rear wheel cylinders started
to leak.  I've had my eye on
>the 7/8 inch rear wheel cylinders, so I bought a
set from BPNW and decided to
>install those.  The little fitting kit is kind
of fiddly, but I got the
>cylinders on and hooked up and then started to bleed
the brakes.  The right
>side seemed to bleed fine but when I moved over to the
left, I got no fluid at
>all and after my assistant pumped the brakes for a
bit, the right wheel
>cylinder started leaking.  I'm not sure what's going on,
but I suspect the
>left wheel cylinder is defective, and maybe frozen but I'm
wondering why that
>blew out the right one?  Is it possible that if one of the
cylinders won't
>move the brakes try to push too much fluid to one side?
>Any
thoughts or advice are appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Dwayne'74 TR6
>
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