brakes hoses???

[Wolfie]

just spent best part og today bleeding the feckin brakes.

the fronts have been soggy since i did the races the other week so thought i would beeld them, borrox since feckin soggy, they stop the bike but the lever comes most of the way back to the bars.Feckin fed up with bleeding the bastid things out as it is making no difference waht so ever.

Who has braided hoses and where did you get them from and what price.

dont want to delink, just want braided hoses.


OR am i missing something.

signed

fecked off.

 

[R2B2]

Seb at 321 does a braided CBS retention kit but I've no idea what it costs.

 

[R2B2]

Just had a look on his site - ?220 for the retention kit.

 

[Allan]

If your lever is coming right back, two things possibly wrong...

1 - your pads are almost down to the limit, (but see below)
2- you havent bled them properly.

Make sure you use DOT4 fluid and dont mix brands as they are not comptable.

Your lever should be firm no matter what state your pads are in as the reserviour fills up the pistons which are allowed to come out due to the wear of the pads.

Follow the bleed section in the Honda manual and if its done in the right sequence you should have no problem.

Buzz

 

[ianrobbo1]

if in doubt Wilf, do what I do, get some one wot KNOWS what he is doing,!! in your case it will be either Pete or the "ol" fella,!!

 

[bitontheside]

Wolfie

I have the same problem on the Pan - it is always air up by the master cylinder. Crack the banjo and get all the air out of it and then re-bleed. Also take off the covers on the master cylinder and tap the brake lever very quickly and softly - you should see lots of very small bubbles coming up into the brake fluid. That will tell you that the air is at the top end. Hope this helps.

 

[Wolfie]

no disrespect but i know how to bleed brakes, i have ben working on all my own bikes for the last 22 years + other peoples, and all the cars i have had as well. A garage is where i put petrol in.


there is no air in them, they do not pump up it, they have new pads in,

am gonna go for a full fluid change in the week and see what that brings, if it is the same afterwards then it is the hoses.

 

[Centaur]

Bungee

Wolfie, I seem to remember a thread where it was recommended that if you use a bungee to keep the brake on overnight this will clear any residual air from the system. Worth a try!

 

[Coggy]

I can recall hearing people using a cable tie on the old Pan to keep the brakes from going spongy. You put it on overnight. Can't remember why though...

%$fan

 

[cbr11xx]

That's exactly what i do with my Bird; I also suspend a weight on the rear brake pedal to compress the rear... I think the idea is that compressing the brakes squeezes the air out, which rises into the reserviors... Seems to work...

 

[BlackBirdBaz]

I had that recommended once before and found it to work very well but the problem was recurring so was then informed that air must me getting in somewhere, most likely the master cylinder ?