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Robby wrote: | I would still go down the route of a really thorough brake service first. It may be a pain in the arse, but it needs doing. I also hadn't realised they were sliding calipers, which means even more moving parts to clean, sand, and regrease.
Filling and bleeding may be a tricky and time consuming process, but you can still rely on my simple and slow method. Put it all together with the pistons pushed in, fill the master cylinders, and just keep pumping the brake until the brakes firm up. Then open up the bleed nipples to get out the tiny bit of air sat underneath them. Just make sure that the master cylinder is higher than the caliper it is working on - for rear calipers this often means taking the caliper off the bike and letting it sit on the floor with a bit of wood between the pistons.
Or bring it to me and I'll do it. I find brake jobs oddly satisfying. |
I'm not sure you understand how the linked stuff makes all this so much harder.... It's not easy to do. There are tonnes of horizontal lines that are difficult to bleed and I'm told it's a whole day job to replace the fluid due to the bleed procedure.
Something I found after a quick google:
Quote: | The valves mounted on the forks (delay valve and secondary master cyl) are part of the rear fluid circuit and often need a bit more effort to bleed, plus you must bleed in this sequence, (using the rear pedal of course):1) Right side front caliper centre nipple2) Left side front caliper centre nipple3) Rear caliper centre nipple4) Rear caliper outer nipple (even though the outer pistons are operated from the front left brake caliper! [this can be confusing!])Be prepared to persevere a bit with the last stage cos you have to dislodge and move any air in those valves all the way from the fork legs to the rear caliper, passing thru the PCV en route.When you're satisfied the first three stages are air free, if you still have a soft rear pedal continue with the last stage 'til it comes good.(All this assumes you have retained linked brakes).Hope this helps. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 22 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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