Jim Butcher wrote:
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>Having difficulity bleeding the brake on our monowheel. I understand that the
fluid needs to enter at the bleed valve on the caliper but how does one do this?
I tried just pumping the master cylinder hoping it would suck up the fluid
without success. Also tried filling the master cylinder and pumping fluid to
the caliper without success. I notice on this forum that Bob Harrison used
a "squeezy bottle" to force fluid into the caliper. What's a "squeezy bottle"?
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>Thanks
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>Jim Butcher A185 B241BW
>finishing engine install & FWF wiring
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Jim,
I went through all the usual headaches, including the suction pump, on
my tri-grear. My solution was to fill the reservoir and pressurise it
to about 30 PSI, using an air supply and blowgun, having my son open the
caliper bleeder and pushing about 3/4s of the the fluid out of the
reservoir, before closing the bleeder and refilling the reservoir.
After about three refills, the system was bubble free and working fine.
Jeff - A055
Almost there. FWF left to do, before first flight...
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