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I have fitted an hydraulic handbrake on my sierra cosworth i've used braided hose and fittings but i can't get the handbrake right. It works a little bit and i've bleeded the car 4 times and there is no air in the systeem. Is there a special way to do this?
which way have you put the hoses on the handbrake?
first time I put mine in, it wouldn;t brake at all, just pust the brake pedal up if I had it pressed, and thats how I found out it was not connected right!!
I've put the connections like on the picture and it's the same handbrake. The master cilinder is 0.625 so i think it's good. It goes but only at the end. If you out your foot a little bit on the brake pedal the handbrake is perfect!
air trapped in the handbrake cylinder
it's a bummer to get out
we used to remove the piston circlip and let piston out a bit till the seal is revealed and push the seal down a little bit to let the air out
air trapped in the handbrake cylinder
it's a bummer to get out
we used to remove the piston circlip and let piston out a bit till the seal is revealed and push the seal down a little bit to let the air out
We had a rally car back in the days and it was an realy nightmare to get it out but i don't know how we did it then i think i was to young then lol! I will try your way tommorow.
I had the same, I eventually bled it using the hand brake lever, bleed the nipple, release, handbrake on, bleed,release for ages and on both sides and then with the foot brakes, urgh! A vacuum bleeder as above would have sucked it out a treat though