Front brake fail.
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6th Gear
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From: Canada, Ontario
Front brake fail.
While riding this past weekend, I discovered my front brake failed completely and I needed to re apply quickly to get it to work on four different occasions. I suspect it might air in the master as it was replaced recently. My mechanic says it might be something else. Any Ideas?? I'm not feeling like riding until I can fix it .I have an 07 deluxe
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Find another mechanic while your at it. What he should be saying is I will come and get it and I promise you this will not happen again. I would think very hard about letting a paid mechanic work on it again if he errored on brakes unless it was a new part that failed beyond his control.
Road Captain
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Your mechanic thinks its something else? Did he even help you troubleshoot? I can think of a few things I would check and I'm not close to being a mechanic. Sounds like you should find another mechanic.
Cruiser
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Our brakes aren't terribly complicated, but can be intimidating b/c of the whole death thing if you get it wrong. Basically:
Does it have brake fluid on the inside? That's good.
Does it have brake fluid on the outside? That's bad.
Does it have air on the inside? That's bad.
Does it have air on the outside? That's good.
As was said: this mechanic should sell his tools. I've NEVER heard somebody say "my brakes failed" without me saying "holy **** man, let's fix that". I'd find somebody else to wrench on your bike if you're not inclined to do it yourself.
Does it have brake fluid on the inside? That's good.
Does it have brake fluid on the outside? That's bad.
Does it have air on the inside? That's bad.
Does it have air on the outside? That's good.
As was said: this mechanic should sell his tools. I've NEVER heard somebody say "my brakes failed" without me saying "holy **** man, let's fix that". I'd find somebody else to wrench on your bike if you're not inclined to do it yourself.
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6th Gear
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From: Canada, Ontario
Thanks for your posts. Looks like I will be doing my own work. I will bleed them and see how things go.
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Road Warrior
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If you think there may be some air, just take the cover off the master and put it back on loose. Then just tie down your brake handle so it is compressed about half way and leave it overnight. Any air that was in it should burp out into the reservoir.
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And that would point right back to the mechanic also. If he needed to replace a master cyl,it would be nice to know why.