Bleeding the brakes on a Tamora

[philburch]

Having had my Tamora apart i'm having trouble getting a good hard pedal ,it's been done twice . Any advice please.

[phillpot]

philburch said:

,it's been done twice . Any advice please.

Do it a third time



What are you using, how are you bleeding them?

I don't have a Tamora but reckon an Eezibleed is one of the best things I ever bought.

[BIG DUNC]

Does it have a bias valve? My Griff does, and that was a sod to get the air out of.

Try getting one end really high, bleed all four, then get the other end really high and bleed all four.

I also replaced one caliper when the body was off (bleed nipple sheared on it, and I buggered up the drilling it out process).

I had a soft peddle for a while, but after driving the car for a few weeks I went round them all again and it was the new caliper that had air in it. Ever since then the peddle has been rock hard.

[STE VR]

Don’t take this the wrong way but have you bled both nipples on each of the front callipers? I know this can be easily overlooked as I’ve done it myself. Missed the inner nipples. I’ve done this twice too which makes it even worse

[philburch]

I am using the Eezibleed bottle at max pressure topping up tyre pressure after doing the rears ,started n/s then o/s rear,n/s o/s front.did inside then outside nipples on front . Second time did the same procedure , but on the fronts did outside then inside couple of times .didn't get any bubbles from any nipples?? Peddle felt better but not as it should be .Clutch peddle is good .Will try again with the car raised up at the back and then the front as suggested .
Thank's for all the advice.

[phillpot]

philburch said:

I am using the Eezibleed bottle at max pressure .

I find 10 -15psi max ideal

[m4tti]

How much fluid have you pushed through. You’d be surprised how much it takes when you’ve had the whole brake circuit apart.

Had a similar experience when I refurbed my callipers

[philburch]

When say max been using 18psi as it says 20 is the max, not sure how accurate my gauge is ,will take it down a bit at the next attempt , just thought nr max pressure might help.

[phillpot]

Oh, thought you might have had it on a tyre at 30 or more psi!

My theory is low pressure and slow, take the air with the fluid nice and gently rather than the fluid rushing past and air pocket staying put?

[philburch]

Have used about 1-5lit of fluid so far , will drop the pressure down as suggested when I try again.

[samnorthy]

I have had this trouble in the past, especially when bleeding a dry system.

Try leaving something pressed against the brake pedal overnight, this and resorting to good old fashioned two person bleeding has fixed the issues.

[shep1001]

I thought you could change the pivot point of the brake pedal to alter the feel?