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GCX50 Brakes

Hi Guys
Working on a Clark GCX50. Can't get pressure on the inching side. Tried bleeding from the inching valve up both with a gravity feed and a pressure feed (as per the manual). No air in the crossover valve and a new master (suspecting a defect). The service brake side is good.

This is the annoying system with two masters behind the steering hoses and disk brakes. The service brake master feeds the crossover valve which feeds a slave on a hydraulic booster which actuates a second master to actuate the disk brakes. It has two fluid reservoirs. One in the dash and one next to the engine. It has a Perkins LPG if I remember correctly.

Any help/ideas would be great. Can post more info on machine if needed. Thank you.
  • Posted 14 Jan 2011 16:37
  • By justinm
  • joined 13 Apr'06 - 604 messages
  • New York, United States
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I use a new pump style oil squirt can filled with brake fluid connected with a hose to the bleeder valve and pump brake fluid up to the master cylinder. Make sure there is a good flow through the bleeder and watch for the fluid level to rise up in the reservoir fairly quickly. A good flow is needed to knock the air out. That has always worked for me on GCX's.
  • Posted 14 Jan 2011 22:44
  • By mrfixit
  • joined 11 Dec'08 - 1,434 messages
  • New York, United States

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