Upgrading brakes...

TYEster · 10-04-2009, 09:53 PM

**Brake Update**

Just installed pads(easy), lines(easy) and began the fluid process...

Here's the problem, I went thru the standard manual of bleeding the brakes, or I assume since I've never done it. Well, I got far enough along to get the clear fluid coming out of the bleed valves. However, I have very little pressure on the lever, as I did beforehand, of drawing it almost completely back to the grip... Wtf? I went thru $7.50 worth of RBF600 sitting in my drip pan, and I just don't know how much more or else I can bleed them? All the washer/fittings are secure and are not leaking. I'm 99.9999999999999% certain the washers are in the correct order as I took them off.

What else? I went for a ride and it bites enough to get from A to B but I was expecting a substantial change. I mean, I'd hate to think I went thru all this just to find out I needed a pad change, and everything else still sucks.

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10-04-2009, 09:53 PM	#19
TYEster With MORE TYEstosterone Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: TX Moto: '12 KX450F / 08 YZ250F #512 / 07 KX65 #1 Posts: 1,429	Brake Update Just installed pads(easy), lines(easy) and began the fluid process... Here's the problem, I went thru the standard manual of bleeding the brakes, or I assume since I've never done it. Well, I got far enough along to get the clear fluid coming out of the bleed valves. However, I have very little pressure on the lever, as I did beforehand, of drawing it almost completely back to the grip... Wtf? I went thru $7.50 worth of RBF600 sitting in my drip pan, and I just don't know how much more or else I can bleed them? All the washer/fittings are secure and are not leaking. I'm 99.9999999999999% certain the washers are in the correct order as I took them off. What else? I went for a ride and it bites enough to get from A to B but I was expecting a substantial change. I mean, I'd hate to think I went thru all this just to find out I needed a pad change, and everything else still sucks.