Brake confusion

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

Blue,

  I think you need to have the pistons up against the calipers before the ER brake can clamp them in place.  Put some fluid in and pump the brakes until they start to work, then try the ER brakes again.  Remember not to pump the pedal too far down unless you have a brand new master cylinder - as you can hurt the seal in the M/C if it travels over surfaces it doesn't usually travel on and they are dirty, etc.  



Sorry I'm not there to stand on my head and help you.  I fit pretty well in a Scirocco upside-down.



Actually, I'm in Steubenville, OH this evening.  Close to Mecca and my old home in Pittsburgh.  Sadly I don't have time to visit either before I flap my wings back to Tyler tomorrow.



Brian









 --- On Sat 02/03, C Boyko < roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca > wrote:

From: C Boyko [mailto: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]

To: sukchew@suddenlink.net

     Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:41:37 -0500

Subject: Re: Brake confusion



I've always just popped the ass end up on some jackstands, one click on the<br>handle - wheel should turn freely, the same as when the handle's released.<br>Two clicks- there should be some resistance, three clicks, you should't be<br>able to turn the wheel at all (which will enable that smoky, slick warming<br>burnout you're secretly desiring, oh, did I say that out loud?). Keep<br>moving those nuts on the handle end of the cable adjustment till you get<br>that result. I've only ever done it with fluid in the system, properly<br>bled. I expect the caliper pistons need to be gently helped into place by<br>setting them with gentle pedal pressure first.<br>Cathy, one beer down, more to go...<br><br>  5:00 pm 02/03/07 <sukchew@suddenlink.net> wrote:<br>>     It's not snowing ,raining,stormy,excessively cold or any of that<br>> bad stuff.I'm frantically working on the brake conversion.I have the<br>> rear Calipers on the hand, brake cables installed but I don't under<br>> stand 
the adjustment on the 16v rear parking brake.I adjusted the<br>> cables and the hand brake handle is firm but the rotors still<br>> turn.There is no fluid in the system.The calipers have been apart and<br>> new rubbers installed.  Can some one send me directions on how to<br>> properly adjust the rear parking brake ?Does it adjust the same as the<br>> latter style brakes?    While waiting for a wealth of knowledge to<br>> appear on my screen I'll go tackle the lower steering column bearing<br>> which I have been procrastinating on. That's only because I hate<br>> standing on my head and trying to work.Beside I was hoping that a genie<br>> would appear and do that job  for me.That ain't happening! So it's off<br>> to the fridge for another brew and back to the shop. 0le blue<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Scirocco-l mailing list<br>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> 
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