Hello good people of Fazer land,
Yesterday for the first time I had a go at flushing out old brake fluid and replacing with new.
All went smoothly with the front-left calliper. I'm using the Mityvac vacuum pump method and so I attach my bleed line to the nipple, use the pump to create a vacuum / negative pressure, open the bleed nipple and watch the old fluid get sucked out to be replaced with new fluid from the reservoir, then close the bleed nipple, check the reservoir hasn't dropped to low, top up the negative pressure with the vacuum pump and repeat.
I flushed through 3 reservoirs of fluid for the left and was pleased to find the brake lever continued to feel nice and firm. All good.
Moved on to the right, same process as above but oddly when I opened the bleed nipple nothing happened. No fluid was drawn out, no air, negative pressure remained constant. I'm sure there is a vacuum because when I remove the bleed line (having closed the nipple) I can hear the rush of air. I wasn't expecting this and so could do with advice on how to proceed please.
Is the bleed nipple faulty?
Can it be replaced without draining the whole system down? It's the first time I've attempted this job and I was hoping to avoid tacking the greater job of a full bleed at this stage.
Or maybe it's just blocked?
Is there some way I can test this, perhaps some way to go about cleaning without causing damage to internals?
Has anyone else experienced this?
As always any pointers, advice or wider discussion welcomed.
Thanks, Andy
