One door stripped and repair section ordered.
Now to learn how.

If you haven't got the "feel" or experience then these tables will help you....

Even my torque adapter goes down only as far as 12 ft lb.

There aren't many people who have a torque wrench that can read that low.

OK

To save following my link above the torque value for the track rod end clamps is given as 10 lb ft.

Thank you so much Dormy - I am not going mad then (yet!).

Quote from: Dormy on Yesterday at 05:39 PMThe standard 109 brake layout puts the flexi hose to the top cylinder and the bleed nipple on the bottom as you describe. One cylinder at the top and the other the bottom (doesn't look absolutely vertical) of the backplate.

It's not the best layout for bleeding and there have been many threads - you are not alone. There are different techniques that people prefer and swear by. Mine is to clamp the pistons back into cylinders and bleed like that, before fitting the shoes. OK if everything is disassembled.

Some have adapted the S3 pipe layout (which still has the cylinders/bleed nipple the same way), to feed the fluid to the bottom cyl first and then the top cylinder where they also relocate the bleed nipple.

Head off recently. How long has this been on, I wonder?
1969 88"

The standard 109 brake layout puts the flexi hose to the top cylinder and the bleed nipple on the bottom as you describe. One cylinder at the top and the other the bottom (doesn't look absolutely vertical) of the backplate.

It's not the best layout for bleeding and there have been many threads - you are not alone. There are different techniques that people prefer and swear by. Mine is to clamp the pistons back into cylinders and bleed like that, before fitting the shoes. OK if everything is disassembled.

Some have adapted the S3 pipe layout (which still has the cylinders/bleed nipple the same way), to feed the fluid to the bottom cyl first and then the top cylinder where they also relocate the bleed nipple.

Hi all,

I've been having continuous problems with my brakes, despite getting them rebuilt. We think we've sorted the back ones (they weren't fitted properly and the adjusters weren't working!). However, I wondered what the layout for the shoes and cylinders were on the front? It's a 109 and the original manual has a diagram showing the bleed nipple at the top/on the top cylinder. However, in the text it then contradicts this to say that the nipple is at the bottom (as it is currently on mine).

I would have thought having the bleed nipple at the top would mean you could bleed the system better (I have to pump the pedal so feels like air in the system). If that's the case - is the standard 430mm brake hose from Paddock Spares long enough to reach the bottom of the back plate?!

And just checking... you don't move the back plate to mount the shoes top and bottom as I've seen on some photos?!

Sorry - a long-winded request. Thank you so much for any help!

Best

Ed

The clamps are only 1/4 UNF , I would think 20nm max