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Ross F-1 · 01-30-2014, 07:05 PM

As the brake shoes wear, the residual valves keep the wheel cylinders extended. With new shoes especially, they wear in and a lot of fluid will "disappear" -- it gets stored in the system. If you adjust the shoes, it goes back into the MC. But I'd surely check the whole system for leaks anyway.

01-30-2014, 07:05 PM	#20
Ross F-1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NM Posts: 2,438	Re: Almost a disaster, a reminder,...and a question As the brake shoes wear, the residual valves keep the wheel cylinders extended. With new shoes especially, they wear in and a lot of fluid will "disappear" -- it gets stored in the system. If you adjust the shoes, it goes back into the MC. But I'd surely check the whole system for leaks anyway. __________________ '52 F-1, EAB flathead