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Re: [ST] Brake bleeding
- Subject: Re: [ST] Brake bleeding
- From: "Antonio Bird" <abird4@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:51:06 -0500
Thanks--my next order of business was to see if I could get the lines to
fill with fluid by using a mityvac with the speed bleeders in
place--we'll see how it goes--Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kallery"
To: st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ST] Brake bleeding
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:12:24 -0700
Tony,
All the info you got from the list would probably be worth saving --
a
virtual brake maintenance manual.
I did notice a small problem with Speed Bleeders, though, that might
be
worth mentioning. I recently acquired an '83 Yamaha Seca 750 in
Touring
configuration. I went through the brakes, rebuilt the master cylinder
and
the calipers -- they were notorious for collecting water -- which
requires
the dismantling of the fairing -- a time consuming process. With all
rebuilt and Speed Bleeders installed, I happily started down the home
stretch to the easy job of bleeding the brakes -- but the same issues
you
speak of occurred with the Seca. I found that if enough air were in
the
lines, it seemed as though the spring on the Speed Bleeder valve
would not
compress and the brakes remained spongy. I refit the stock bleeders,
sucked
air through the lines until I got fluid -- even used a version of the
minyvac. Then I bled the lines a few times in a conventional manner.
When
I began to get sufficient pressure at the lever, I refitted the Speed
Bleeders and finished the job -- all went well thereafter.
Lou
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