Bleeding brakes

sick150 · Jul 22, 2009

Hi

I am having trouble bleeding the rear brakes I have tried to bleed them like you bleed the brakes on your car but does'nt seem to work is there a trick to it??

Cactus Jack · Jul 22, 2009

Unbolt the rear caliper off the bracket and hold it up higher than the master cylinder ... air bubbles want to go upwards ... not downwards ... Don't forget to keep something as thick as the disc in between the brake pads to prevent the piston/s from being pushed out ... Open the bleed nipple , push brake lever down and hold it there ... close bleed nipple , let brake lever up ... open bleed nipple , push brake lever down and hold it there ... close bleed nipple , let brake lever up ... repeat ... repeat ... etc etc ... Don't forget to keep the master cylinder topped up ...

sick150 · Jul 27, 2009

Thanks Mate

All these litte tricks help me and all other riders.

lvn · Jul 28, 2009

and if it still doesnt work u should check to see if you have a blockage from your resoviour to your piston, i had that and took me a while to figure out what was going on, but yea exactly how cactus jack explained