Brake O ring rebuild
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Racer
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From: Matamata, NZ
Brake O ring rebuild
I recently rebuilt the lh front brake. It now is dragging and cannot spin the wheel by hand. When o rings first came out, I remember talk of leaving out the spring, I put the springs in. Anyone have any ideas what to do?
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Never heard of leaving out the spring. That shouldn't be the issue. Can you manually push the pistons back Into the bore with the cover off the master cylinder and a rag over the top?
you could have a collapsed rubber flex hose. How old are your flex lines? They can act like a one way valve when old and internally collapsed.
you could have a collapsed rubber flex hose. How old are your flex lines? They can act like a one way valve when old and internally collapsed.
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 251
Likes: 63
From: Matamata, NZ
Never heard of leaving out the spring. That shouldn't be the issue. Can you manually push the pistons back Into the bore with the cover off the master cylinder and a rag over the top?
you could have a collapsed rubber flex hose. How old are your flex lines? They can act like a one way valve when old and internally collapsed.
you could have a collapsed rubber flex hose. How old are your flex lines? They can act like a one way valve when old and internally collapsed.
