fixingstill
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- Aug 23, 2017
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Have you ever seen rubber brake line clogged / blocked?
I am trying to revive a 20" boat that has been sitting for 10 yrs. It has surge brake and when I tried to bleed by vacuum, vacuum held. Then I opened up the brake drum and I see the wheel cylinder and everything are all corroded. Then I replaced the wheel cylinder with a new one. Still I could not bleed. I disconnected the actuator, the vacuum still held. There should not be any one-way valve in the brake line, right? Only thing I could think of is the rubber brake line (joining the T-connector to the metal line going up to the tongue) is clogged? I goggled around and saw these rubber brake line can be getting rusty and swollen inside.
Also, there is a coupler connection at the actuator end. See below. Does it look like some "quick stop" coupler that would stop the fluid from dripping out? Even with that little pin pulled in, I cannot squeeze any brake fluid out when I pump the coupler.
So, I need to unclog the line (by replacing the rubber ones if they are the problem), to rebuild or replace the hydraulic surge brake actuator, and I should, mind as well, convert to disc brake.
Oh man.
I am trying to revive a 20" boat that has been sitting for 10 yrs. It has surge brake and when I tried to bleed by vacuum, vacuum held. Then I opened up the brake drum and I see the wheel cylinder and everything are all corroded. Then I replaced the wheel cylinder with a new one. Still I could not bleed. I disconnected the actuator, the vacuum still held. There should not be any one-way valve in the brake line, right? Only thing I could think of is the rubber brake line (joining the T-connector to the metal line going up to the tongue) is clogged? I goggled around and saw these rubber brake line can be getting rusty and swollen inside.
Also, there is a coupler connection at the actuator end. See below. Does it look like some "quick stop" coupler that would stop the fluid from dripping out? Even with that little pin pulled in, I cannot squeeze any brake fluid out when I pump the coupler.
So, I need to unclog the line (by replacing the rubber ones if they are the problem), to rebuild or replace the hydraulic surge brake actuator, and I should, mind as well, convert to disc brake.
Oh man.