Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

About three rapid, sudden pumps, and then hold it down until the bleeder is closed, will usually carry most of the air out - if the pedal is slowly pressed, some air is likely to remain.

John

If the pedal is hard,than chances are you've eliminated the air. You probably need to adjust the brakes.

Originally Posted by Marty90

If the pedal is hard,than chances are you've eliminated the air. You probably need to adjust the brakes.

Yes. If pumping gives you a pedal that is not spongy, the problem is not bleeding.

It is likely to be one or more of the following (sort of most likely first):-

Shoes not adjusted properly, perhaps because of adjusters that are worn, stuck or lost their notches and won't stay put.

Shoes not sitting straight - there is an adjustable steady post on Series 1 brakes.

Springs incorrectly assembled or stretched

Shoes not radiused to match drums

Shoes not moving freely on anchors and pistons

Wrong parts.

Drums out of round or tapered.

Probably a few more things I have not thought of as well!

I'm still at a standstill with my brakes. About a week or so ago, I bled the system, that task was fairly straight forward and no problems encountered, until I removed the rhs front brake drum just to refresh my mind on which way the cam adjuster turned etc.
Anyway being the looney that I am, with my mind doing 20 things at once I went away from the vehicle for some time, when I returned I thought I would just check to see if I still had a reasonable brake pedal, and I did, and again I went off at a tangent coming back about 1 hour later, noticing a large fluid loss under the rhs brake assembly, shock horror I had depressed the brake pedal without the drum, so I had popped out the piston n rubber for the trailing shoe (as they have no return spring), anyway I managed to put it back in but the damage to the lip seal and it would not seal under pressure.
So off to another local brake place they fussed about and came up with a? suitable replacement, so on returning home it was fitted.
Well yesterday evening after working for 5 hours in the heat up on the garage roof n kids cubby house cutting down palm fronds (the ones with the ragged sharp spikes on them)



I checked on the rhs front brake assembly only to find the smallest of weeps, damn,,,...

and now I think I know why it's weeping, the seal (bucket) whatever is smaller in width? by at least 1mm maybe more

the one on the left is the one I recklessly damaged, the other is a spare replacement, so if my usual brake service is open I will be going there this morning, cheers Dennis

What are you doing growing palms on the garage roof??

I didn't but I had to get up there to get a height advantage, the damn tree is 50' high, LOL cheers Dennis
ps it just goes to show my 31 year old 110 ain't no 'Toorak tracta' lol,,.

The best thing to do with palm trees is take the whole tree to the dump.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

The best thing to do with palm trees is take the whole tree to the dump.

A "Glyphosate Infusion" fixed ours!


Cheers, Mick.