BRAKE FLUID LOSS ???? on sj413

[basil]

Got to change the offside rear wheel cylinder on my sj413 samuri......is there any way to stop brake fluid being lost in any great amount its a cylinder with 2 pipes going to it..... on my old escort i would put a plastic cover over the master cylinder and secure with a rubber band.....would this be applicable on the anus ????...a bit difficult to clamp up both the rubber brake hoses going to the cylinder.....
any thought welcome
jim

[ScottieJ]

Two pipes? There's usually a single flexi from the chassis rail to the axle that then joins to a hard line running into one drum then across to the other, you aren't looking at the handbrake cables are you??

I just clamp the flexi to minimise loss, the system will need bleeding still though.

[basil]

Think i might have to put more water with the whisky ......as there would not be a reason for 2 flexy pipes there.....have a proper brake pipe sqeezer in garage.....might get the wife to do the job as she has been answering me back too much of late of late.
jim

[andyrew]

Some 413s did have twin flexis.

The replacement axle I bought for my kja had two flexis
And a bleed nipple on each cylinder. I removed it
From a e reg jap.


The kja has the flexi coming down on the left side compared
To the normal sj style of being on the right.

[Darrell]

This sounds your layout, one flexi , two pipes on first cylinder.

[basil]

This sounds your layout, one flexi , two pipes on first cylinder.

Thanks that's a good bit of info for me to use
jim