Hi guys. Cleaned all calipers today fitted new pads and hel braided hoses to a non abs blade. I cant for the fucking life of me bleed the system up. Never had a problem with any bikes before but this is not having it. Any tips or tricks to do
I use a mitivac draws more fluid volume through than just pumping the lever. But as said before start at the master cyl
I've tried everything normally do. Started at mc, then right caliper then left . Then kept going back in that order. Still not done now and it's been about 2.5 hours nothing. Not sure if mc has shit itself lol
No it doesnt seem so. Can take bleed nipple.out on mc and pump lever and no fluid comes out. Looks like theres an air lock but cant seem to get damn thing out. I've got it sat over joght with furthest caliper bleed nipple undone with pipe on to see if that will do it
Never had this exact issue, but sometimes to get stuck bubbles out it helps to knock on MC and brake lines with pilers/screw driver just to create vibrations
If your M/C isn't pushing fluid out of the nipple then that's where the problem is. Going for the callipers won't help. Do you have a kit to bleed from the bottom upwards? Loosen the M/C bleed nipple and push fluid up it through to the reservoir, leaving the brake lever alone. This should fill the reservoir and push the air out too. Then you can bleed the callipers as normal from the top down.
No I havent mate got to do it old school way. I have managed to do it this morning after doing some of stuff a honda technician friend told me to do. What a pig off a job when mc has an air lock lol
Well honda technician said to put the rubber diaphragm back into res pot and place plastic ring on it . Apply pressure to plastic ring and push the diaphragm in in the middle to force fluid down into mc and hence why you push on plastic ring so fluid doesnt go all over. Then also to undo bleed nipple on caliper furthest away from mc with a tube on it and leave over night. Also did the tapping of mc and lines and calipers with screw driver and also kept squeezing tubing from reservoir to mc. Went to it this morning and did a bit more of squeezing res tube and tapping then tried bleeding mc. Nothing happened at first but after about 5 attempts it final had fluid coming through it. I then just bled system as you normally would. MC then right caliper then left caliper.
