Tom Canham Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) Hey, just bought a Rb lever from off the forum and just wondering can i do a water bleed with this lever. Thanks Edited January 21, 2011 by Tom Canham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I coccur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Do they not hold water about as well as a sieve or am i mixing up my fancy leavers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 1:14 AM, davey1991 said: Do they not hold water about as well as a sieve or am i mixing up my fancy leavers? They do leak after a while, think its because of the piston wearing out, new o-rings can help but they still weep slightly. Mine is bled with water/oil/antifreeze emulsion. At the moment I need to top up the bleed quite regularly as the fluid weeps past the seals, not a huge problem as it only takes 5 mins to pop the syringe on there and top it up, I use the tpa to take up any slack in the mean time and that works fine. Im going to get a new piston machined to tighter tolerances and with better seals, I might even bore it out to take a standard 04 magura piston, would lose some of the power though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 10:58 AM, forteh said: They do leak after a while, think its because of the piston wearing out, new o-rings can help but they still weep slightly. Mine is bled with water/oil/antifreeze emulsion. At the moment I need to top up the bleed quite regularly as the fluid weeps past the seals, not a huge problem as it only takes 5 mins to pop the syringe on there and top it up, I use the tpa to take up any slack in the mean time and that works fine. Im going to get a new piston machined to tighter tolerances and with better seals, I might even bore it out to take a standard 04 magura piston, would lose some of the power though So i wasn't going crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Dont know about not crazy, I wouldnt say they leak like a sieve Ive found that greasing the piston up helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 If you brought it from J-bonham, good luck! I gave it to him from my spares box, and he came straight on here and sold it.... oh well Its pretty f**ked, no barrel, no pin and I think the pistons stuck. Best just putting the lever in a 04 lever body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Canham Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) On 1/21/2011 at 7:24 PM, Simpson said: If you brought it from J-bonham, good luck! I gave it to him from my spares box, and he came straight on here and sold it.... oh well Its pretty f**ked, no barrel, no pin and I think the pistons stuck. Best just putting the lever in a 04 lever body. He just said it was missing the tpa (i could see it was missing the TPA from the pic) and the gold bit, but i may be able to get them. Edited January 21, 2011 by Tom Canham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 7:53 PM, Tom Canham said: He just said it was missing the tpa, and the gold bit, but i may be able to get them. A barrel for a Hope brake works i think and you will be able to get a bolt from a bolt shop or something I guess. Pretty sure it won't bleed and work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Canham Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 8:14 PM, Simpson said: A barrel for a Hope brake works i think and you will be able to get a bolt from a bolt shop or something I guess. Pretty sure it won't bleed and work though. If i get the bit it needs then ill give it a go, but i wont hope for much then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-bonham@hotmail.com Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 The piston aint stuck dude.... i wouldn't sell something thats buggered. it will work nicely one it's got the tpa! Simps, What do you mean no barrel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Canham Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 8:18 PM, j-bonham@hotmail.com said: The piston aint stuck dude.... i wouldn't sell something thats buggered. it will work nicely one it's got the tpa! Simps, What do you mean no barrel?? The lever has not actaully arrived yet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-bonham@hotmail.com Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 It was sent on tuesday 1st class mate, so duno what the hell royal mail are upto! got a recept an all........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Canham Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 8:25 PM, j-bonham@hotmail.com said: It was sent on tuesday 1st class mate, so duno what the hell royal mail are upto! got a recept an all........ Ill have a look at the lever whenever it arrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I'm going to add a in here. Purely from an observational perspective, I can't wait to see the outcome of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 On 1/21/2011 at 8:36 PM, Tom Canham said: Ill have a look at the lever whenever it arrives. I wouldn't worry too much mate, there's a guy in Loughborough (Mr Edward Potts) who has sorted out millions and billions and squillions of these levers so they run smooth and don't leak. So long as no bits are snapped/cracked he can get it going for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hey Kris, whats the best way to get hold of Edd Potts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I think his username is dave33. Might have to enquire as to what he does to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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