trailer ??'s

[riverracerx]

Do they make a better cap for the brake fluid reservoir mounted in the tongue of the trailer? My Nordic trailer is losing all of the paint because the cap leaks really bad?
I can't be the only one with this problem. Help! :jawdrop:

[dicudmore]

I've never found one that didn't leak :squiggle:

[riverracerx]

well shit, lets make a better one!

[Midlife Advantage]

Mine is doing the same, AND the fluid looks all crappy, so I need to find a place that will power-flush my brake system. :hammer2:

[BigDogIvan]

DOn't know if the caps are all the same but mine seems to be dry.
Check with the trailer builder and see what they have to say. They may know about the problem and have redesigned the cap.
Just a thought
BD

[riverracerx]

trailers are built by Nordic, but I would guess they use off the shelf parts for the brake system.
Someone has to have a better cap??

[riverracerx]

bump

[phebus]

I've got the same problem. It blistered the paint all around the cap, and spread like cancer down the sides. Better then paint stripper.

[Sherpa]

It's a vented cap, and that's why it leaks............... they all do..........
if it wasn't vented, it wouldn't allow fluid to leave the resevoir.......
--Sherpa

[Bre]

PM me if you haven't found anything yet.

[Beer-30]

Yeah, the cap is a problem. Blow out the old DOT3 and replace with DOT5 Silicone fluid. Won't harm paint and impossible to absorb water. Makes brakes respond better since is lubes everything where DOT3 doesn't.

[Mandelon]

Have RD make you one out of billet!!!

[prosthogod]

Yeah, the cap is a problem. Blow out the old DOT3 and replace with DOT5 Silicone fluid. Won't harm paint and impossible to absorb water. Makes brakes respond better since is lubes everything where DOT3 doesn't.
should a brake shop do this, or how can it be done?

[Beer-30]

If you are not comfortable bleeding brakes, yes, a shop should do it.
Otherwise, open the bleeders on the wheel clylinders / calipers (depending on drum / disc brakes). You can put pieces of vacuum line on each to control the spillage, or just let it fly.
Use compressed air to pressurize the master cylinder and push out all of the existing fluid. Put a little of the Silicone in and pressure that through to wash out the old, since they don't mix.
Refill the master with the silicone and and let it gravity feed the brakes until they start seeping. Close all the bleeder and then one-by-one bleed any remaining air out.
Top off the master and you're good to go.

[CARRERA]

It's a vented cap, and that's why it leaks............... they all do..........
if it wasn't vented, it wouldn't allow fluid to leave the resevoir.......
--Sherpa
I just seal off the vent in the cap some time ago breaks works just fine..........

[cola]

It's a reservoir just like Lake Havasu. It doesn't have to be full to the top to work. :wink:
Late, Mike