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Hi all,can anyone tell me if the front supspension, shock absorbers I suppose, are adjustable on my 2.8i 1986. Mine seems extremely harsh, with the car crashing and banging on all but the smoothest of roads. Pushing the front wing down meets with great resistance. Are they all like this,can they par...

Thanks, I will give that a go.

Too right!!!

Thanks Peter, good call, I’ll give that a go when I get some inspiration back. A bit p****d off with the Princess caliper at the moment. Peter.

Put my standard 2.8i caliper back on again yesterday, bled the system through and all is well. Good pedal straight away and brakes work fine again. So all is not right with my brand new Princess caliper. I did notice that with the caliper on the bench, only two pistons on each caliper appear to have...

Thank you very much Peter for taking the time to show the pipe set up. That is how mine are piped so I can tick that one off..Best wishes...Peter

Thanks guys for your input. Gonna put the old calipers back on this weekend and have a look at the plumbing as suggested. Can I have linked the pipe work the wrong way? A question to all those that have carried out this princess mod, is the set up, braking performance etc, significantly better than ...

Just an update to the thread. New master cylinder fitted, slight difference in as much that the brakes will now bleed to a good pedal pressure, for a minute or so then gradually lose most of it with the pedal travelling further downwards, but not to the floor. Subsequent bleeding ( using an eeziblee...

Thanks again Andrew will give it a go next week, weather improving here in Suffolk, temperatue wise anyway. Peter

I'm Peter....Sudbury , Suffolk now, earlier Brentwood, originally E London.

Hi all, just a short update and a further thought. I have purchased a new Master cylinder, not installed yet as far too bloody cold out in the garage. Reading through the Haynes manual though, regarding bleeding the brakes threw up something that Andrew had touched on earlier, the brake bias wotsit....

Thanks again for your thoughts. They are heavy old bikes, my 900 is bad enough. Peter

Hi Sheff, thanks for the info regarding the eBay link. Will probably use that tomorrow. I cannot risk using an older item, thought mine was more than serviceable. Quite fancy the bigger Granada m/c as well. ATB. Peter

Hi Andrew, yes tried that one as well. Car wheel less but dead level on axle stands. Think I’m going to go down the master cylinder change route in desperation. But I cannot understand if air can get into the fluid system why doesn’t the fluid get out of the same route? Thanks for the welcome and co...

Thanks for the info Andy, did'nt realise m/c were so expensive. Dearer than the new calipers themselves ! Peter

Thank you very much Peter, search is on for a master cylinder now, Capri or Granada. Rebuild kits are available but is it worth going that route given the hassle I having with what I thought was a good m/c. Peter

Hi all,new member so you may have covered this before but I cannot find it.I have a 2.8i 1986. Thought I would upgrade the brakes and bought some new princess calipers. Installed okay until it came to bleeding. Whether using an easybleed or with the wife doing the pedal work, results the same. Start...