Thanks for the advice, I've just come from the airfield having done a bit
more investigation.
Attached is a picture of my master cylinder, apparently it's a "New Jamar
finger brake controller all filled with DOT5.1 fluid filled from the wheels
as per the build book"
Apparently I have "Matco 5 inch discs on the wheels with new seals fitted."
I just popped the cover off the levers to look at the master cylinders and
there are A LOT of very large bubbles in the left hand tube leading out of
the master cylinder.
I have just bought a bleeding kit and some 5.1 and will try to sort it out
tomorrow, I'm just worried there is a leak or something =AD as it was fine
last week but absolutely terrible now..
Do you think a simple bleed from the LH calliper will do the job?
Regards,
-Carl.
From: <duanefamly@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:16:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa Finger Brakes
Describe the type of master cylinder you have as well as the type wheel
cylinders. There have been a few master cylinders of inferior quality
experienced by several builders.
Mike Duane
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Meek <carlmeek@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 12:43 pm
Subject: Europa-List: Europa Finger Brakes
Can I just get a bit of advice from anyone with finger brakes fitted?
Mine seem to be a bit odd. Firstly, if i just pull a single one of them it
will hit the stop, whereas if i pull them both they have more feel and don'
t
hit the stop quite so much, however they seem to respond better with a bit
of pumping first.
Essentially I'm saying that they appear to be substandard, need pumping to
work properly, and even then pulling just one doesn't seem to work well.
Any thoughts on what could be wrong? An engineer investigated it but
couldn't find anything wrong - he checked they were bled and suchlike, he
then reported it was caused by the fact the master cylinders were not big
enough for the callipers so they need pumping.
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