Finished up the riser and handlebar install - new brake line and very careful/systematic brake bleed (ABS front) this morning. Brakes are as solid as the day I left the dealership. Riding position is so much better. Really like the Kraus stuff - super high quality.
Finished up the riser and handlebar install - new brake line and very careful/systematic brake bleed (ABS front) this morning. Brakes are as solid as the day I left the dealership. Riding position is so much better. Really like the Kraus stuff - super high quality.
So how does one bleed ABS without the dealer's superduper fancy computer? There is nothing online about DIY. Please enlighten or provide a tutorial in a new thread!
So how does one bleed ABS without the dealer's superduper fancy computer? There is nothing online about DIY. Please enlighten or provide a tutorial in a new thread!
Don't let the air go through the ABS module. Are you changing the upper cable or both?
Finished up the riser and handlebar install - new brake line and very careful/systematic brake bleed (ABS front) this morning. Brakes are as solid as the day I left the dealership. Riding position is so much better. Really like the Kraus stuff - super high quality.
So how does one bleed ABS without the dealer's superduper fancy computer? There is nothing online about DIY. Please enlighten or provide a tutorial in a new thread!
I prefer not to detail the process in a new thread: 1) I'm not a professional mechanic and 2) It's my bike and my health and safety - a step-by-step DIY for others' braking systems is not something I'm comfortable providing.
And D) There's actually a lot about bleeding ABS systems on this forum and online.
Originally Posted by jtodd
Don't let the air go through the ABS module. Are you changing the upper cable or both?
Exactly, don't let air go through the ABS module. I only had to change the upper cable (from the junction under the triple tree up to the banjo fitting at the reservoir - the highest point in the system). Air will naturally rise in fluid. My bike was only 750 miles old, so I wasn't too concerned about pushing old fluid into the ABS module w/o flushing the system first. I used a reverse bleed/pressure method (it doesn't take much pressure, nor does it take much fluid, and one can purge the tiny bit of air at the top of the caliper bleed nipple after cracking it open and before pressurizing the system with additional fluid). For those that understand braking systems will likely know exactly how I did it at this point... If not, brakes are very important, please just take it to the dealership.