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How to bleed Suzuki Savage / Boulevard S40 brake (Read 43 times)
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How to bleed Suzuki Savage / Boulevard S40 brake
08/18/21 at 19:22:37
Hey guys, just wanted to contribute to the community here and to thank you guys for something.
First, my contribution.
It's a walkthrough on how to bleed the front brake on a Suzuki Boulevard S40 aka Suzuki Savage:
https://youtu.be/PY3z5NxWM8A
For those who don't like YouTube I also have a written and illustrated walkthrough here:
https://www.youmotorcycle.com/how-to-bleed-brakes-on-a-suzuki-boulevard-s40.html
Secondly, in my journeys around this forum I came across the excel file with ALL of the torque specifications for this bike. Just wanted to say thank you guys for that. All I have really found for the S40/Savage was the Clymer's manual online, and it doesn't really clearly list torque specs, so having the forum's excel file to look up values in was both really quick and very handy, thank you guys again.
I've bought this S40 to go over top to bottom, as it's been sitting for a few years, so I will have more how to guides in the future. Hopefully it helps some first time wrenchers out!
Ride safe all.
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08/18/21 at 20:45:42
There are posts on this site about known errors in the Clymer book.
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08/18/21 at 22:44:06
With a true check valve you shouldn't have to close the bleeder, just pump.
And you don't need to pump 5x, the line is really short.
I just use a short line into a jar. once the line is full of fluid and covers the bottom of the line you can just leave the bleeder open and let gravity do the work for you. But a line with a check valve won't do that. All you have to do is keep filling the reservoir. If you get the small can of fluid, all you need is about half to get the job done.
And for those of you that are replacing the line, getting the fluid started can be really difficult. When air gets into the check valve, it's hard to get started. A vacuum bleeder will do the job. Or you can cup the palm of your hand over the reservoir and push down to get the fluid started, it will take several tries.
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08/19/21 at 04:15:24
When filling a dry system I use a syringe and fill the system from the bottom. No bleeding required.
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Re: How to bleed Suzuki Savage / Boulevard S40 bra
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on 08/18/21 at 22:44:06:
With a true check valve you shouldn't have to close the bleeder, just pump.
And you don't need to pump 5x, the line is really short.
I just use a short line into a jar. once the line is full of fluid and covers the bottom of the line you can just leave the bleeder open and let gravity do the work for you. But a line with a check valve won't do that. All you have to do is keep filling the reservoir. If you get the small can of fluid, all you need is about half to get the job done.
And for those of you that are replacing the line, getting the fluid started can be really difficult. When air gets into the check valve, it's hard to get started. A vacuum bleeder will do the job. Or you can cup the palm of your hand over the reservoir and push down to get the fluid started, it will take several tries.
You're right, but I try to cater to the first time DIY'er... So I assume a lot of people watching will end up just getting a normal hose, and not understanding the difference, so I sometimes go a little overkill to be onthe safe side... and I mean, since we're talking about brakes, and people who might not have serviced them themselves before... probably not the worst thing in the world to stay on the side of caution.
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