Bleading Brakes

[Craig]

I'm going to attempt this myself ... any pointers faq's .. tools or such that I need .. I remember Chuck posting something up about a bleeder kit.

I work at a shop and it's friggin hard to get anything done for myself there ...

[Shakey75]

I had no idea what I was doing to bleed the air out after I changed to stainless lines, but got it done anyway. My point is, I can't offer any tips, but if I figured it out, it must not be too hard. lol. Good luck!

[Craig]

I had braided lines put on about a month ago .. now they just keep fading and fading .. they aren't biting at all .. a bubble must have sprouted out of somewhere ... I've seen all this shit done a million times .. i've just been spoiled by having mechanics around pretty much since I started riding ...


I had no idea what I was doing to bleed the air out after I changed to stainless lines, but got it done anyway. My point is, I can't offer any tips, but if I figured it out, it must not be too hard. lol. Good luck!

[Shakey75]

From what I remember, you just get a tube from the bleeder to a container, then loosen the bleeder while applying the brake, close it right before you let off(before you even finish pulling it in), let off, and continue till you see no more bubbles in the brake fluid. Oh yeah, and be sure you don't run the resevoir empty while doing this.

[BOILERMAN]

order yourself a set of these. If you would have told me a couple of weeks ago you could have had mine. I let them go with my bike....



http://www.speedbleeder.com/

[haulazz]

its just like bleeding lines on a car--if you have ever done that--but it helps to have an extra hand to tell them to pump the brake handle then hold the you loosen the bleeder screw then tighten it then tell them to pump it again and keep repeating until no air in them--thats about all i can help you with--:cool:

[minig0d]

haha craig when you going to do it... I have everything you need over here if you need help...

[DukeRyder]

I had to replace my Master Cylinder about a month ago, I have a MIghtyVac hand pump that makes bleeding brakes a breeze. You can buy them at Autozone, or any chain parts store. The guy at Clancy's said "you ever bleed one of them before?" and I said nope, and he replied "you'll be calling"; but I didn't find it anymore difficult than doing Car or Aircraft brakes (actually easier IMHO). I also have a GSX-R master on my bike with an External resevior (pot), which I guess is harder to bleed than others.


http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=38053

[Will!]

The concept is simple enough: have brake lines filled with fluid only. The problem is the lines are nearly verticle and you're going to try to pull the air bubbles down against gravity. Every time the flow stops, the bubbles start to work there way back up.

With the mity vac and some practice it's possible to push clean fluid from the bottom but even that doesn't work great and it can be messy. If you try that, have the mity vac reservoir equal to the height of the master cylinder or as high as possible and be careful not to over flow your master cylinder. It will go way slow and then too fast and then too slow....

The easiest brake job I ever did and the way I do them all now (when possible) is to take the brake system off the bike and stretch it out on a bench, all horizontal, or with the brake cylinder slightly (just slightly) above the master cylinder. You can test squeeze the brakes if you just put a fat wrench in the caliper so you don't eject a piston.

Car brakes are much easier because the lines run more horizontal than vertical. Good luck!