Brake bleeding
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From: Billy H on 24 Dec 2006 09:24 "Duncan Wood" <newsto(a)dmx512.co.uk> wrote in message news:op.tk1217ubyuobwl(a)lucy... > On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:39:38 -0000, Vim Fuego <vimfuego(a)fastmail.fm> > wrote: > >> "shazzbat" <shazzbat(a)spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:emkh4k$akj$1(a)news6.svr.pol.co.uk... >>> Yes, assuming your kit is either the gunsons eezibleed or something >>> similar, it sounds like you've got the cap which is an imperial size >>> close >>> to but not close enough to the metric size you need, or the wrong >>> thickness of washer, IIRC there is a cap that needs either a thick one, >>> a >>> thin one, or both, according to the car. Experiment for the best fit. >> >> There is a choice of washer but what good will that do, how will it stop >> the >> cap from being slightly oversize? >> >> > > you(a)ll need the other cap they supply, or buy an old one from a scrappies It sounds like a case of Imperial mating with Metric so buy some Jonnies and stand by with a cloth in case of spillage. -- Billy H
From: Stu on 24 Dec 2006 11:11 "Billy H" <changedh(a)sforxmas.com> wrote in news:458e87be$0$8755$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net: > > "Vim Fuego" <vimfuego(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message > news:MBjjh.20764$493.984(a)newsfe4-gui.ntli.net... >> I'm trying to bleed the brakes on a MkI Punto. >> >> My pressure bleeding kit is very, very slightly too big for the fluid >> reservoir top - you think it's screwed on OK, then you apply >> (reduced) tyre pressure to it and it pops off and fluid spurts >> everywhere :-( >> >> I've tried tightening a hoseclip around the cap to stop it popping >> off - doesn't help. >> >> I've got one of those one of those one-man kits with a one way valve >> but it doesn't engage on the bleed screws awfully well, I don't trust >> it and results so far are not satisfactory. >> >> Any tips for getting the pressure kit working? Or am I going to have >> to pay my 12 year old daughter a couple of quid to pump the brake >> pedal so I can do the two man method? >> > > I've found in the past that some cloth used between the matying > threads acn improve the grip on *worn* tapped and died screws. > > Would this work for you? > > An old balloon is also another way, a skinny bit of rubber; increase > contact area/reduce/increase screww mating areas (if you catch my > drift) AND increase friction/grip. > > > Happy wotsitsname, and good new thingy. > > Ah but no, employ the lass and remember, it's Xmas so she deserves a > bonus... > Perverse sexual references aside, I'm assuming that the OP is using the Gunsons kit to do the pressure bleeding? I've successfully used a Gunsons kit with a Seicento and I would expect the resevoir cap fitting on an Punto to be the same. I used the plastic cap that comes with the kit. Make sure the pressure is under 20psi, 15 seems to be adequate IME. A few wraps of PTFE tape around the threads of the resovoir neck might help. Stu ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: "Lin Chung" lin.chung on 24 Dec 2006 11:35 Ian wrote: > ...I recently tried a bleed nipple with a one way valve in it. That worked > very well, and I'd buy more if I had any idea where to get them - the > one I have came off a second hand axle I was stripping for spares. Is this the one-way valve you have? http://www.sandmracing.com/sspeedbleeders.html http://www.speedbleeder.com/ -- Lin Chung. [Paste ntlworld over the Water Margin to send a private message.]
From: Cicero on 24 Dec 2006 14:09 On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:35:27 +0000, Lin Chung wrote: > Ian wrote: >> ...I recently tried a bleed nipple with a one way valve in it. That >> worked very well, and I'd buy more if I had any idea where to get them - >> the one I have came off a second hand axle I was stripping for spares. > > > > Is this the one-way valve you have? > http://www.sandmracing.com/sspeedbleeders.html > http://www.speedbleeder.com/ ================================= They used to be quite common - sold as ABVs - Automatic bleed valves. They worked very well but I haven't seen them for years.This is a British source but sizes will need to be checked: http://www.toolparts.co.uk/acatalog/Brake_Bleed_Valves_Caps.html Cic. -- ================================ Testing UBUNTU Linux Everything working so far ================================
From: Vim Fuego on 25 Dec 2006 18:45
"Lin Chung" <lin.chung(a)the Water Margin.com> wrote in message news:j%xjh.28437$UC.10971(a)newsfe5-win.ntli.net... > Is this the one-way valve you have? > http://www.sandmracing.com/sspeedbleeders.html > http://www.speedbleeder.com/ God, now there's a good idea... If I wanted to get one, how do I know what size to get? It's an 8mm spanner on the hex at the top, will that equate to an M8 thread? Or, if I need to measure the nipples, does that equate to an 8mm outside diameter of the threads? |