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Re: Any brake gurus on here ????
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:02 am
by Harv
The residual check valve is only there to keep a poofteenth of pressure on the cups, so that any leaks result in fluid leaking out, rather than air leaking in. They will have a tendency to make the You-and-I brakes drag slightly. To get at the check valve, pull the piston and rest of the guts out of the master. At the end of the master cylinder spring closest to the radiator there will be a small domed metal bit, that looks kinda like the top of an old glass salt-and-pepper shaker. This is the residual check valve.
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Any brake gurus on here ????
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:50 pm
by Blacky
Harv wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:02 am
The residual check valve is only there to keep a poofteenth of pressure on the cups, so that any leaks result in fluid leaking out, rather than air leaking in. They will have a tendency to make the You-and-I brakes drag slightly. To get at the check valve, pull the piston and rest of the guts out of the master. At the end of the master cylinder spring closest to the radiator there will be a small domed metal bit, that looks kinda like the top of an old glass salt-and-pepper shaker. This is the residual check valve.
Cheers,
Harv
Thanks Harv , so I have to pull the bloody thing apart again and rebleed .........
Re: Any brake gurus on here ????
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:28 pm
by EK283
Thanks Harv , so I have to pull the bloody thing apart again and rebleed .........
Not really Blacky, the residual valve will only hold the brakes on for a while, usually this will happen when you are boosting.
If it works ok and there is no holding on don't worry about it.
Regard Greg
Re: Any brake gurus on here ????
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:49 am
by Blacky
EK283 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:28 pm
Thanks Harv , so I have to pull the bloody thing apart again and rebleed .........
Not really Blacky, the residual valve will only hold the brakes on for a while, usually this will happen when you are boosting.
If it works ok and there is no holding on don't worry about it.
Regard Greg
The brakes aren't boosted and we have run out of time so its going the way it is , will post up some pics a bit later of what we have been up to
