AND FOOT BRAKES..... (Mine have never locked up due to temperature expansion
....YET ! and I fill the cylinder then screw the plug in nearly tight
allowing surplus to ooze out then tighten .)
The Matco hand brake would allow equalisation of the pressures to release
the "locked on brake syndrome" if activated a number of times I'd suggest.
Regards
Bob H G-PTAG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Burton" <markb@ordern.com>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Tri gear Brake Problems
>
>
> Alan, Bob, etc.
>
> > If perchance the master cylinder isn't brim full then the actuating push
rod
> > can disengage from the pedal push and lay in the cylinder bottom.
>
> Yes, but if the master cylinder is brim full then the brakes can bind
> when the fluid expands when the fluid temperature goes up. It's easy
> to leave a little bit of slack when filling the master cylinder, just
> stop the lever going all the way back to the end stop before putting
> the plug back in. My brakes did tend to bind before I did that, now
> they don't and the push rod hasn't disengaged itself either.
>
> The above refers to tri-gear finger brakes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
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