I am trying to find a vented brake reservoir cap for the FFR reservoir I drilled a small vent hole and loosely packed it with cotton but I would like to find a better solution
Thanks
Rick
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I am trying to find a vented brake reservoir cap for the FFR reservoir I drilled a small vent hole and loosely packed it with cotton but I would like to find a better solution
Thanks
Rick
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You probably shouldn't have a vented cap. Even a small vent allows the fluid to absorb moisture, and greatly reduces the boiling point of the fluid, thus ruining it.
There is a reason that no OEM reservoir caps have vent holes. Like it is said above brake fluid is hydroscopic.
But most OEM's do have a flexible bladder that seals the fluid while allowing for expansion and contraction, temp changes, slight fluid loss and normal level changes during operation. My F5 reservoirs, and I suspect the OP's, do not have this feature and I suspect that what he was wanting.
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I am on the trail of a duck bill one way valve. It is used in the oiling system of a chain saw. I am considering drilling the cap and putting it in the hole. It will allow external air into the reservoir, not good, but will prevent a vacuum from being created by the lowering of the fluid level. Still on the fence about the whole process and am looking for a bladder type separater to keep air from the fluid. I need to locate the rubber baffle used on a Honda 750-4 motorcycle front brake reservoir. I think it might work.
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I agree that brake fluid and moisture are not a good combination but I think that FFinisher has the correct answer to my problems
The old style brake reservoir caused a vacuum to build up on the low pressure side of the brake system and over time air would be drawn into the system through the weakest point the master cylinder seals and results in a mushy brake pedal.
Over the course of about 12k miles my brake pedal went from rock hard to mushy it’s not something that happens overnight the pedal just gets worse with time. Once I got the air out of the system the brakes are rock solid again.
FFinisher thanks again for the help it looks like I will have to order a new reservoir kit because the new cap doesn’t look like it will fit the old reservoir
Rick
Last edited by Itchief; 03-17-2019 at 08:51 PM.
#8475 Complete Kit Delivered Nov 2014, started Nov 2015, Street Legal Apr 2016, Paint and Interior Completed Aug 2017, 390 BBF, March accessory kit, MSD Atomic EFI and Ready to run, TKO 500 with MidShift kit, hooker headers, 3 link, track lock with 3.55, sway bars, power steering, wipers, heater