Bleeding brakes
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Bleeding brakes
I just replaced my front brake pads and bled the system. I saw in a few places online to tie down the brake handle over night to ensure small bubbles still w/in the system come out over night. Anyone have an opinion on this? Could it hurt to do so?
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If you bled it properly it shouldn't be necessary. That's a technique to get air out of the system. Unless you introduced air in the process, replacing pads and flushing the system should be a simple procedure.
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Sweet guys, thanks. My vacuum pump was really not getting the "seal" I wanted, but I was finally able to get a bubble free pull. However, due to the issues, I thought this wouldn't be a bad idea.
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Bleeding brake
I did that once when I had a Goldwing and after sitting awhile, the rear brake had gone down. I was too lazy to bleed it, so instead, I placed a heavy object on the rear brake pedal overnight, and the next morning, the brake was back to normal. After that, I would pump the brake as often as possible when it was sitting for a few days. That kept the brake up all the time.
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any tiny bubbles can be removed by taking the caliper off the disc and pump the handle till the pads are real tight together.. wait 15 sec's.. slowly push the pads back in all the way. Repeat 4-5 times and you are good to go ..
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Items needed: (a) 1 empty, dried out clear water bottle (1 pint / half liter), with cap.
(b) about 2 feet of vacuum hose, just big enough to fit over the bleeder on the caliper. This needs to be a tight fit, so that you have to push it over the taper/bubble of the bleeder.
Drill a hole in the water bottle cap just big enough to fit the vacuum hose though. Push hose into bottle so that end of hose just touches bottom. Pour enough new brake fluid into bottle to cover end of hose by about 1/2 inch. Put other end of hose on bleeder screw and open bleeder. Now pump your brake pedal, watching the bottle. You should see air coming out of the submerged hose. This will then suck fluid back in.
(b) about 2 feet of vacuum hose, just big enough to fit over the bleeder on the caliper. This needs to be a tight fit, so that you have to push it over the taper/bubble of the bleeder.
Drill a hole in the water bottle cap just big enough to fit the vacuum hose though. Push hose into bottle so that end of hose just touches bottom. Pour enough new brake fluid into bottle to cover end of hose by about 1/2 inch. Put other end of hose on bleeder screw and open bleeder. Now pump your brake pedal, watching the bottle. You should see air coming out of the submerged hose. This will then suck fluid back in.
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Items needed: (a) 1 empty, dried out clear water bottle (1 pint / half liter), with cap.
(b) about 2 feet of vacuum hose, just big enough to fit over the bleeder on the caliper. This needs to be a tight fit, so that you have to push it over the taper/bubble of the bleeder.
Drill a hole in the water bottle cap just big enough to fit the vacuum hose though. Push hose into bottle so that end of hose just touches bottom. Pour enough new brake fluid into bottle to cover end of hose by about 1/2 inch. Put other end of hose on bleeder screw and open bleeder. Now pump your brake pedal, watching the bottle. You should see air coming out of the submerged hose. This will then suck fluid back in.
(b) about 2 feet of vacuum hose, just big enough to fit over the bleeder on the caliper. This needs to be a tight fit, so that you have to push it over the taper/bubble of the bleeder.
Drill a hole in the water bottle cap just big enough to fit the vacuum hose though. Push hose into bottle so that end of hose just touches bottom. Pour enough new brake fluid into bottle to cover end of hose by about 1/2 inch. Put other end of hose on bleeder screw and open bleeder. Now pump your brake pedal, watching the bottle. You should see air coming out of the submerged hose. This will then suck fluid back in.