Like you, I changed to the inch size bleed nipples so that could be the problem. However, I also took the piston out to inspect it. When I put it back I could have rolled the seal.
Once dry weather returns I'll get back on this and post what I find.
Doug L.
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: Where is it leaking from?
: I'm not sure of the bore size--never
: checked, never crossed my mind
: actually--but I recently installed new
: wheel cylinders on both sides. Spitbits
: was the supplier.
: I had leaking issues myself, thought it
: was from the piston but turns out it
: from both the bleeder valve and the
: hose connection.
: The bleeder valve issues was my own
: making. The new one required a 10mm
: wrench instead of 7/16", so I used
: the old ones. Just different enough to
: leak.
: The hose end leak was of my own fault
: also as the new hose installed was
: tapered and not flat. I didn't have the
: little copper washer either. Got both
: of those issues sorted and the leaks
: went away. The pistons haven't given me
: any trouble as I first thought.
:
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