It may well be that you have three other problems which give the same
symptoms.
1:if an 88, the brake springs are connected between the shoes
at the top. This is incorrect. the spring connects the front shoe to a
peg on the backing plate located behind the opposite shoe.
2: if a 109 the rear brake shoes are incorrectly poistioned.
These 4 shoes have their exact placement or one of them will have the
peg placed so that the adjuster cam misses it entirely.
3: all the brakes need adjustment.
John and Muddy
Cheese e-access express wrote:
>
> The brakes on my series 2A are very spongy such as that
>
> on the 1st push it will go to the floor but the second will feel very firm.
> Once taken off, after about 5 seconds the brakes return to the initial
> spongy push.
>
> I assume that this is air in the system somewhere, there are no leaks or
> loss of fluids.
>
> My 2A 88' has the 1 piston cylinders at the back and the dual top and bottom
> cylinders on the front two wheels, I think these must be upgraded because
> they are not what they seem in the workshop manual.
>
> Anyway, I have upgraded the master cylinder to a bigger version as well as
> replacing all the pads.
>
> Methods of bleeding the brakes I have tried include parking it up a steep
> mound and parking it facing down the hill to get the air out of the
> front/back of the master cylinder but neither have made much difference.
>
> Are there any tricks that I need to know in the process or is the sponginess
> just characteristic of series II brakes?
>
> Thanks in advance, willing to hear your experiences.
> - Ashby Martin
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