ok, bleed the brake on the car (runs a pedal box)

so bleed he front brake just now, and it was ROCK HARD, so thought great

then i adjusted the rod that connects from the MC to the balance bar

and now the there is no resistance on the fronts? and pedal hits floor?

why would this alter the pressure and make the brake pedal hit the floor?

 

you need smaller size m/c for teh fronts, larger m/c at the rear

then you adjust the bar to give you the closer proximity towards the smaller m/c to give you more leverage on the smaller one which turns out to give you more braking at the fornt

i may be corrected in a future post though, but having fitted one to my 3 door in about 1994, it's been a while

 

why does the size matter to the fault i have?

and for your informaion my front and rears are different and i have an in car adjustter to give which ever balance i want.

next

 

Spikey,

If we ever struggle getting a pedal with a bias box, you'll need two mates to open the nipples on whichever circuit you're trying to bleed simultanously, the bar will pivot too much and you'll experience problems similar to those you describe...

HTH

Ian

 

ah ok, so need to do both fronts at the same time

the rear MC is always solid so looks like that circuit is fine..

cheers ian

 

just add though, isn't it weird that it was solid and ok, then i adjusted the rod to the balance bar and it lost all pressure?

 

sounds like the balance bar is maybe sticking, or that you had would the ba so far in that you locked one master off.

 

Have the rears been bled yet ?

Has it lost pressure on the front or is the bar just defaulting to the lowest pressure side (the rear) making you think it has ?

 

yeah they have, and that mc has loads of pressure


yeah has only lost pressure on the front, so when i now press the pedal the rear dont budge and front goes all the way in

 

How and wich way did you adjust the front rod and why ?

If it needs to be shorter its best to cut it

 

i noticed the pedal could come up, so lengthened the rod, so it brought the pedal up a little

can i not do this once the brake are bleed?

if thats the case, thats ok, i will set the rods then bleed again and leave