[ROVERNET - UK] Brakes and differential

[Eric Russell]

Just adding to Paul's point:
After I bought critical new pieces for the rear
calipers (serrated wheel that inserts into the piston
cup assembly and the pawl), the handbrake is
constantly adjusted by just stepping on the brake. 
The hydraulic piston does the same job as the
mechanical pin in pressing on a steel bar which
operates another steel lump which operates the pawl.

If the serrated wheel begins to wear in one place,
then the designed adjustment begins to fail and one
must resort to helping the handbrake take up the
slack.  I did this in the early days (before getting
the new parts) by crawling underneath and operating
the two handbrake levers on each caliper by hand until
the slack was taken up.

Eric

--- Netspace <vmitps at netspace.net.au> wrote:

> You can adjust the brakes by applying the FOOT pedal
> lots of times.  There 
> is no need to roll the car.
> Ultimately the rear calipers bleed fairly well if
> you just leave the bleed 
> screw open for half an hour and let the fluid work
> through. Then a couple of 
> pedal pump bleeds.  Just the discs in place is fine.
> 
> PVS
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LANCE G LACERTE, LANCE G LA CERTE"
> <lacpsyd6 at msn.com>
> To: "Rovernet" <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:23 AM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Brakes and differential
> 
> 
> > Hi gang!
> >
> > I finally got my 'new' differential back into the
> rear-end of my P6B.  I 
> > would appreciate some help with several issues as
> I finish up the job.
> >
> > 1) Bleeing the brakes (again!).  The temporary cap
> on the end of my 
> > disconnected brake line to the rear calipers
> popped off so I lost most all 
> > of the fluid in the line and the reservoir.  The
> front brake resevoir is 
> > full, so do I need to re-bleed the entire system
> or can I just fill the 
> > rear caliper's reservoir and begin bleeding the
> rear end?
> >
> > 2) Because I had to take the wheels and the half
> shafts off to replace the 
> > differential, can I bleed the rear calipers with
> just the discs in place 
> > AND if so how do I also adjust/tighten up the
> hand-brake (I know there 
> > have been many posts on this, and Ruth of ABC said
> that one of the easiest 
> > ways was to allow the car to roll backwards slowly
> while jacking the hand 
> > lever repeatedly-----but I'd like to see if I can
> do the adjustments 
> > before putting the wheels and half-shafts back
> on).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
> >
> >
> > Lance La Certe    '70  'Federal' P6B,  Denver, CO
> >
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