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front brake question
11/02/08 at 13:58:37
 
I just put on a new front brake hose and bled my brakes till no more air was coming out but now i dont have any front brake has this ever happend to anyone and what do i do about it. thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: front brake question
Reply #1 - 11/02/08 at 14:05:14
 
YOU get a squirt if you open & squeeze? But after you close the bleed nipple & keep squeezing, the brakes dont go to the rotor?

You Did keep the master cylinder filled, right?
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Reply #2 - 11/02/08 at 16:05:36
 
after installing new hose i took the cover off the master cylinder add a little fluid and started  pumping with the master cylinder cover still off after pumping through about half of the fluid i added a little more after the bleed nipple quit squirting and only dripped i recovered the master cylinder cover, but still no brakes. note the whole time i was pumping the fluid through the brakes never tightened up. is that the correct way to do it or should i have had the master cylinder cover on when i did it?
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Re: front brake question
Reply #3 - 11/02/08 at 16:44:09
 
Shouldn't matter if the cover is on or off....  but  you should have to to go thru a lot of fluid to get the air out of a "new" hose.  Maybe one or two master cylinder full worth.  

Bleed brakes as in....  open the bleeder, pump & hold the lever, close bleeder. repeat repeat repeat.....
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Reply #4 - 11/02/08 at 17:58:22
 
Brake lever out, light squeeze, open bleeder, slowly squeeze lever, close bleeder, let lever out, start it in, open bleeder, slowly squeeze lever( not Painfully slowly, justy dont see how fast you can squeeze it), close bleeder before letting the lever out any, repeat for a while,  You CAN use suction to pull the air thru & I would have filled the new brake line after I connected it to the calliper & before hooking it to the mnaster cylinder, Maybe a syringe would be helpful.
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Re: front brake question
Reply #5 - 11/02/08 at 18:33:01
 
tumi, from berts dead forum  helped me out.  detacht the master cyl from handle bar  raise it as high as it will go and tap on it as you pump it up.   sounds odd  but it worked for me...
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