01-09-17, 02:52 PM
Having not changed the brake fluid for ages i had forgotten just how shit a job it is. The problem is the pipe on the bleed nipples. I had a kit with a one way valve, but the valve needed too much pressure so the pipe was just popping off the nipple covering everything with fluid.
I got the job done by cutting the valve off and just using the rubber and clear pipe. This was better but still feels a bit hit and miss as I never got enough flow from the brake system to actually see if there were any bubbles in the fluid (maybe the pipe diameter is too big - meaning fluid and air just swap sides inside the pipe).
note that I have stainless bleed nipples that may be more slippery / smaller than the standard FZS600 ones.
So what do you do? Apart from use lots of water to clean the fluid off the discs, brakes and wheel.....
I got the job done by cutting the valve off and just using the rubber and clear pipe. This was better but still feels a bit hit and miss as I never got enough flow from the brake system to actually see if there were any bubbles in the fluid (maybe the pipe diameter is too big - meaning fluid and air just swap sides inside the pipe).
note that I have stainless bleed nipples that may be more slippery / smaller than the standard FZS600 ones.
So what do you do? Apart from use lots of water to clean the fluid off the discs, brakes and wheel.....