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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 04:39 PM
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Default Front Brake & Brake fluid ?'s

I have a 2006 Road King Custom.. bought it used in may, have put approx. 5K miles on it, without a problem... Today while riding, think goodness Iwas going under 5 mph. the front brakes decided to gradually stick.. wasnt all of the sudden... then after a bit they finally released.. I called my machanic he came over and bleed the front brakes, was able to ride to his shop.. he told me someone put the wrong DOT fluid in... Is this true..?
 
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Very possible.
 
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I guess it just took this long to mess up the seals... My machanic also pointed out to me that the resevor cap is the wrong one.. It says Only use DOT 5.. I guess I will be looking for a Nice Chome one that says to use DOT 4
 
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Had the same thing happen to me but the cause was a bad master cylinder. Keep a close eye on it.
 
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Im getting it all rebuilt, master cylinder and brake calipers..
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