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bleeding the back brake??? - adam1000 - 07-04-12
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!!
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - mcyoungy - 07-04-12
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.
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - garysimmo - 07-04-12
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
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - bludclot - 07-04-12
letting the fluid stand over night often helps matters, it then bleeds to a firm lever easily the following day.
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - slappy - 08-04-12
i found that dumb perserverance worked,about two bloody hours of it!
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - mcyoungy - 08-04-12
can't beat dumb perseverance! :lol
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - adam1000 - 08-04-12
ended up wedging the brake pedal down overnight with the lid off, tried it this morning and bang on!
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - Falcon 269 - 09-04-12
Possibly a dumb question but have to check ... you are using both bleed nipples, no?
Re: bleeding the back brake??? - bikerally - 10-04-12
i bought a mityvac vaccum pump from hein gericke and it worked great, done mates brakes & its now paid for its self.