need advice from backyard mechanics
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need advice from backyard mechanics
I have a 2014 Street Glide special with brake problems. Front brake is just fine rear brake feels like it's not existent. I tried bleeding the brakes but no help. I did remove the brake line from rear caliper and was able to see brake fluid coming out. before I spend the money to replace the calipers, is there anything else I should check?
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Ok. I ride constantly. Had this happen on my 2011 Limited. It was winter and weather was nasty so I was not washing it and it sat up between rides. I lost my rear brake and could stand on the brake pedal. I could not activate the ABS. and was pushing very hard. I even went on a sand covered road and stood on that brake pedal. So I went home and parked it waiting for a good day that I could bring it in. I go in the garage one day and see something on my right side rear wheel. Oil dripping on the tire coming off the rotor coming from the wheel bearing. Like I said I could not wash due to weather and that’s how I noticed the oil. The wheel bearing was gone and leaking grease or the oil from the grease breaking down. It had dripped onto the rotor and that’s why it was not breaking. Brakes were good just rotor covered in oil so it was not any friction to stop.
Last edited by K Melancon; 12-06-2018 at 08:56 PM.
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One thing to consider is that a master cylinder which is air bound won't produce any pressure, and if it does it won't produce much pressure. If the reservoir was permitted to become empty at any point in time there is an above average chance that the master cylinder might be air bound.
That's why I said that I like to use a vacuum bleeder, because it hooks up to your caliper's brake bleeder screw and uses vacuum to draw fluid from the brake reservoir, through the master cylinder, lines, and caliper. It will remove all of the air.
That's why I said that I like to use a vacuum bleeder, because it hooks up to your caliper's brake bleeder screw and uses vacuum to draw fluid from the brake reservoir, through the master cylinder, lines, and caliper. It will remove all of the air.