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Title: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: adam1000 on 07 April 2012, 12:57:20 pm

Does anybody know of any tricks to sucessfully bleeding the back brake? i have fitted a new hose and used the traditional bleeding method, i have no air bubbles coming through but its still not near as good as it was!!

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: mcyoungy on 07 April 2012, 01:15:30 pm

I use a syringe on the bleed nipple to put suction on the line then keep pumping. If the pedal is soft you've still got air in the caliper.

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: garysimmo on 07 April 2012, 02:44:02 pm

disconnect the soft hose at the reservoir end and get yourself a wider ended syringe. then crack the bleed nipple and apply pressure from the res end this then gets rid of any air that may get trapped in master cylinder

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: bludclot on 07 April 2012, 08:53:11 pm

 
letting the fluid stand over night often helps matters, it then bleeds to a firm lever easily the following day.

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: slappy on 08 April 2012, 01:21:35 pm

i found that dumb perserverance worked,about two bloody hours of it!

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: mcyoungy on 08 April 2012, 02:35:32 pm

can't beat dumb perseverance!  :lol

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: adam1000 on 08 April 2012, 11:56:38 pm

ended up wedging the brake pedal down overnight with the lid off, tried it this morning and bang on!
 

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: Falcon 269 on 09 April 2012, 06:15:19 pm

Possibly a dumb question but have to check ... you are using both bleed nipples, no?

Title: Re: bleeding the back brake???
Post by: bikerally on 10 April 2012, 09:23:57 am

i bought a mityvac vaccum pump from hein gericke and it worked great, done mates brakes & its now paid for its self.