hydro handbrake

[stephen180]

well lads lookin for a bit of guidance on a hydro
bought a 180 with the hydro installed already i think its done right with the rear pipe going to the master cylinder and the front pipe is going into the back brakes
does it just need further bleeding if so whats the best way to go about it :confused:

[mattybyrne2008]

Just bleed the brakes out, let plenty of fluid through the system, open brake nipple on calliper pump the pedal a good few times on each calliper, keep the cylinder full of fluid, and try go in order of lhr rhr lhf rhf..

Hopefully this makes it bit better for ya.. Check for leaks in lines get someone pull hydro and pump the pedal while your under the car

[stephen180]

cheers ill give that a go its just confusin me cuz the foot brake seems perfect

[mattybyrne2008]

Might just be a cheap shitty cylinder

[Jamesconn]

cheers ill give that a go its just confusin me cuz the foot brake seems perfect

Make sure the foot brake at rear is working 1st, jack the car up hold the brake on and try and drive the wheels in 1st or 2nd gear, if the brakes are not holding, try turning the wheel with a breaker bar and see if that holds, im have the same trouble, just waiting for a new set of pads to see if it cures mine.

[Bommel]

Dont pump the pedal with caliper nipple open or else ull draw air in

[mattybyrne2008]

Dont pump the pedal with caliper nipple open or else ull draw air in

how is it going to draw air in if the pipe from the nipple is in brake fluid in the bottle??

[Bommel]

It wouldnt in that case, from you post i didn realise you wer attaching a bottle of fluid to the the nipple my bad

[stephen180]

still havin bother with this handbrake ive bled it and took out the pads and roughened them up incase the were glazed also roughened up the discs and i still cant get the handbrake to lock the wheels at any speed cud i have a dud of a handbrake the cylinder on the handbrake just says 0.7 im guessing thats the size of the chamber on the cylinder is that too big/small?? also the car does only have standard rear callipers would i need to put 2 pot callipers on the back ??