finlay
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 01:43 PM |
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raceleda calipers, help plz
hi all
just doing one of the final jobs before completion, Bleeding the Brakes, rears bleed fine but i m having problems with the front raceleda,
i m defenetly getting fluid right up to the calipers but they dont seem to be filling up, i took off the flexi pipe and had a look inside the caliper
and descovered that the fluid is dead heading because there is no hole (on the female/caliper fitting) to let the fluid into the calipers, instead
there are 2 holes on the inside of the threaded part of the caliper, top and bottom, my flexi hose fitting is like this
and it doenst have 2 holes on the thraded part to let the fluid into the calipers
i have checked all 4 flexi pipes and they are are all the same fitting
is this what everyone else has or do they have different fittings
any help would be appriciated
cheers
Finlay
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mike smith1
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 01:45 PM |
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Sounds to me like you need some kind of banjo type fitting, i'm sure someone will come along later to confirm!
Mike
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viatron
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 01:46 PM |
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we had a similar problem with our hi spec calipers, wrong flexi had been supplied as we actually needed a banjo union at the caliper end.
HTH
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 02:11 PM |
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I have the raceleda calipers I have used a tapered union,sorry can't rember what thread,but it seals on the threads with it being tappered,and
not in the seat inside the caliper as yours does..jpg)
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Agriv8
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 02:56 PM |
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I made some Flexsis up myself ( post SVA )
I seem to remeber the thread was 1/8th npft or somthin like that thogh I seem to remeber is it stamped on the caliper next to the hole ?
Regards
Agriv8
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grub
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 04:00 PM |
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make sure the union is not going all the way in a botteming out on the piston because they are taperd unions
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Krismc
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 04:10 PM |
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I had same pipe work and ends (im sure) and mine worked fine!
Built, Ivaed, Drove and now Sold - 2011 MNR VORTX RT+ 2000cc Zetec on R1 Throttle boddies.
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marc n
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| posted on 22/5/08 at 07:27 PM |
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hi finlay
by the look of the pic it looks like that is the bulkhead fitting end, where the pipe comes through the body
the end you need to put into the raceleda caliper is approx 10mm long threadwise
i am at sva tomorrow morning but will be back late afternoon if that is not the case
cheers
marc
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finlay
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| posted on 23/5/08 at 07:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by marc n
hi finlay
by the look of the pic it looks like that is the bulkhead fitting end, where the pipe comes through the body
the end you need to put into the raceleda caliper is approx 10mm long threadwise
i am at sva tomorrow morning but will be back late
afternoon if that is not the case
cheers
marc
ok cheers
i will give it a go, the other end is shorter but still has a straight thread so i m not sure if it will seal
hopefully it will
i will let you know
cheers
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stuart_g
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| posted on 23/5/08 at 08:29 AM |
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Shouldn't there be a copper washer on that fitting to make it seal against the caliper?
There should have been 4 in the brake pipe kit along with the half nuts.
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finlay
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| posted on 23/5/08 at 10:41 AM |
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swapped ends of hoses and all seems to be fine, no leaks detected so far
cheers
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marc n
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| posted on 26/5/08 at 09:47 AM |
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quote:
Shouldn't there be a copper washer on that fitting to make it seal against the caliper?
yes there should be they come packaged up from goodridge like that
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swapped ends of hoses and all seems to be fine, no leaks detected so far
as soon as i saw the post i knew it would be that as someone else did the same just last week, at least it was a quick fix
cheers
marc
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