Hey Guys,

Yesterday, I received my Official 96/97 Workshop/Service Manual. Spent some time looking through it and seeing what it contained just to discover that it doesn't show how to change brake lines.

I'm sure this isn't a hard job and should be pretty self explanatory; however, why on earth wouldn't it be included in a Workshop/Service Manual?

By the way, I searched the Contents and the Index and there is no mention of Brake Lines per-se, only references to them when changing out pads or calipers.

With that being said, is there a manual that explains, step by step, the less complex things such as changing brake lines so I don't, inadvertently over look something, anything?

 

 

Great tutorial and thank you. It was the bleeding of the brakes that had me primarily wondering.

Obviously the "old fluid" needs to be drained. I am assuming that can just be allowed to flow from the caliper end.

 

That will work on the front end but it is easier to get a vacuum pump to do the rear.

I think I paid about $20 for one out of Harbor Freight.

 

The guy in the video used a vacuum pump and it looked easy and straight forward. Thought they would have been more costly than that though - could be a worth while buy.

Thanks!

 

Changing brake lines is as easy as falling off of a log. On the front, to bleed the lines, force DOT5 up from the caliper. I just use a small plastic bottle and a small piece of hose. The vacuum pump never works for me on the front brakes. But, the reverse bleed works fast and easy.

 

They are depending on where you get them.
I think Drag Specialties wants $80 for it in their catalog.

 

Have read a lot about DOT4 and DOT5 fluids, what's the difference between the two?

Am I correct in believing that if I use the DOT5 fluid, I have to "FULLY" flush the DOT4 fluid first, assuming that it is DOT4 fluid being used at the moment?

I guess a more appropriate question is how can you tell if you have DOT4 or DOT5 fluid?

 

A quick easy test is put a drop on your thumb and index finger.
Rub your fingers together.
If you get resistance then you have DOT 4 if you don't you have DOT 5.
Your bike should have DOT 5.

Oh and DOT 4 absorbs water and DOT 5 doesn't.

 

THC,

The Harbor Freight one will probably do for I want it for. One of those things that you can go cheap on