brake bleeding problems...

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

--- Michael Abatzis <abatzis2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> --the parking brake on the new caliper doesn't work too well. the cable 
> pulls the mechanism far, and it works a bit, but the wheel still turns. is 
> this due to faulty bleeding, or a faulty mechanism? the caliper seems to 
> work/brake well otherwise.

Could simply be grossly misadjusted.  Try screwing the piston out a tad more.

> --i had a lot of trouble bleeding the left rear; it seemed that the screw 
> was clogged. is this common?

Yup, very.  Remove and replace or clean with a needle or similar.  No worries.

Ron

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