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ACE
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 Posted - 26 Mar 2008 : 8:13:33 PM
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Hey everyone,
i just signed up with this site, as i fin dit really helpfull in couple of projects i have done on my VN 91, i know to most of you it would be just a piece of cake but i really dont know how to bleed the brake fluid, so if anyone can assist, that would be awsome !! or phrehaps can tell us under what section would i be able to find the info..
Cheers !!
ACE
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nodg
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Posted - 26 Mar 2008 : 9:28:01 PM
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jack up the car, remove the front wheels, now look at the brake caliper and you will see a 'nipple' with a nut on the end, get the appropriate spanner (think its 12mm), now get a short lenghth of hose and a beaker of some sort. fill the beaker with brake fluid and stick one end of the hose into it, now get the other end and push it snug over the nipple, undo the nipple with the 12mm spanner. now hop in the car and pump the brake pedal SLOWLY, look at the beaker afterpumping the pedal for a minute or so and confirm theres no air being sucked back into the system, do up the nipple firmly and repeat the other side of the car. repeat the above by jacking up the back end and doing the rears.
if you got someone to help you its easier, just hop in the car, push the brake pedal down and get your mate to undo the nipple, then retighten it and repeat until theres only fluid escaping. |
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MILD50
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Posted - 27 Mar 2008 : 2:27:23 PM
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Nodg- does that method replace the need for one of those tools you can get to make bleeding it a one man job?
Anyone know what they are worth? Pretty sure its only a couple of bucks? Could be a worthwhile thing to have. |
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nodg
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Posted - 27 Mar 2008 : 7:00:10 PM
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yeah thats the 1 man way job and alot cheaper than the proper tool. both use the same method in filtering the air out of the system, naturally when you push the pedal any air will get pushed to the end of the brake system, and when you push the pedal down to bleed them most of the air comes out in 1 pump, then when the pedal is released its only got fluid to suck in instead of air.
I also forgot to mention when bleeding the brakes keep an eye on the master cylinder level and top up as required. |
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ACE
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Posted - 31 Mar 2008 : 10:53:30 PM
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| Thanks to everyone who replied, NODQ the trick worked like a charm, asked my brother to give me a hand which made the job even easier, thanks once again, and yea for everyone else who is thiking to change their brake oil themselves, its not that had when you got the right tools(spanner think its 12mm). |
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nodg
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ACE
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Posted - 04 Apr 2008 : 1:49:26 PM
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| Sorry mate, i meant "Thank you NODG" |
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nodg
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Posted - 04 Apr 2008 : 11:21:52 PM
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| its all good, everyone else makes the mistake as well |
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trizo
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Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 08:47:55 AM
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I was sure there was a how to?
and fairly sure its a 10mm  |
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Edited by - trizo on 21 Apr 2008 08:58:27 AM |
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