Steve Lovelock
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 07:41 PM |
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Sierra caliper upside down, does it matter?
I have had my caliper upside down for a few years now and after a recent MOT failure I realised that the rear brakes were not working. I have bled
them by turning the calipers round and then refitting them. My question is that whilst I am happy there is no air in the system will the handbrake
adjusters work ok this way?
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jacko
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 07:54 PM |
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Hi all mk indy cars have the rear calliper like yours
I have just re-rewed my brake fluid and had to turn the calliper up side down
The way i set my brakes up is
remove the hand brake cable
remove calliper turn over bleed
refit calliper then fit a 10mm spanner on the bracket were the cable fits and pump it to adjust the calliper for the hand brake
refit cable
Jobs a gooden
Jacko
If you know this ignore me
[Edited on 8/4/10 by jacko]
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james h
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| posted on 8/4/10 at 11:38 PM |
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Flying locost monster?
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Frosty
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 08:59 AM |
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Jacko can you explain a little bit more about what you mean when you pump the caliper to adjust the handbrake?
I was led to believe this wan non-adjustable, so pumping the pedal will put the pads up to the disc, and then the handbrake will apply the pads from
there, and that's all you need to do?
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jacko
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| posted on 9/4/10 at 05:41 PM |
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If you remove the pads and pump the hand brake lever with a spanner the plunger works its way out to get it back in you have to twist/ turn the
plunger clock wise
The hand brake lever works a worm that adjust the hand brake mechanisn
you must remove the cable first
Jacko
[Edited on 9/4/10 by jacko]
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