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- From: sturges@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Richard Sturges)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Mechanism of brake hydraulics
- Message-ID: <30266@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 21:52:57 GMT
- References: <C1I5H7.Cup@cgl.ucsf.edu>
- Reply-To: sturges@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Richard Sturges)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- Someone asked another brake question...
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- The hydraulic system is not air tight. There is a small hole in the
- top of the master cylinder which allows air in as brake fluid moves
- down. There is also a rubber boot here, who's intent is to keep the
- bad stuff out of the fluid.
-
- Your manual recommeds that you loosen the valve on the caliper when
- pushing back the pucks for new (bigger) pads. This makes the job easier
- but is not necessary. the fluid CAN be pushed up the line to the maseter
- cylinder. It just takes a while.
-
- Ussually a system is designed so that if you fill the reservoir whenb
- the pads are new, it will not run out of fluid (ie, push all the fluid
- down into the pucks as the pads are worn) before the pads are gone.
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