Re: [Amc-list] More Brake Questions

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

-- John Eckersley <john.eckersley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm currently changing the old bendix front disk brakes to the later
> single piston ones on my '68 Rebel SST convertible. ... so I think you 
should be able to get the correct
> brake hoses to just bolt right on - it sounds like you have the wrong
> ones.  Also, on the diagram I have, the hose exits pointing upwards, not
> down towards the road - do you maybe need to swap the caplier sides over?


Good points -- and as a final check, the bleeder must be at the very top of 
the caliper, where air bubbles collect, or you'll never bleed them 
correctly. If the bleeders are below the hose they're swapped left/right.
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