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Old 06-16-2008, 06:26 PM
eksofttail eksofttail is offline
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Default help!!!! no brakes 3 days to laconia

ok my bro has a 1972 flh new front caliper last year he put on a new master yesterday now bled it out many times but not getting pressure at the caliper three days to laconia. any help would be greatly appreciated
p.s. i asked if he bench bled the master first , he said no this my be his problem can we fix
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Old 06-16-2008, 08:37 PM
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Default RE: help!!!! no brakes 3 days to laconia

Do you have the equipment to reverse bleed the system? A cheap way to do it is to carefully push the fluid backwards up to the master cylinder by pushing the caliper piston(s) in. Do it slowly, ya don't want to squirt the fluid out of the master cylinder and all over the place, watch for bubbles in the master cylinder. May take a few trys...or not.
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Old 06-19-2008, 07:15 PM
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Default RE: help!!!! no brakes 3 days to laconia

Many people try to use the master as the pump,,the piston will travel farther than it should in the cylinder and mess up the O rings or seals...Use a vacuum bleeder that connects to the caliper bleeder screw,,,,,a few pumps and you're good to go.....this is the onlt way I do them..The bleeder kit are not expensive and are a good tool to have around for your other toys.
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