How do you flush brake fluid?
#12
The only things you will need are
1. DOT 4 fluid
2. 3/16th plastic/rubber tubing (1 or 2 feet)
3. 8mm spanner wrench or any clamping/adj. wrench for that matter
Simply open your master cylinder that houses the fluid up top near your right handelbar via screws..notice whisky/dehydrated horse **** fluid...start with your left caliper...remove rubber cover on nipple...fit on snuggly (important, no fluid must leave/seep or enter this fitting here) and place the end of the tube down into a cup (important again, gravity will allow fluid to flow down into cup instead of back into system/nipple) Now open the screw literally attached below the nipple until fluid starts coming out...pump front brake lever hard and semi-quickly and notice the slow flow of whisky and bubbles leaving downward into cup..watch the master cylinder reservoir level slowly go down (you are pumping the fluid out of the system) and never let it get low enough for the drain at the bottom to not be submerged..if the drain is not submerged in fluid you will be sucking in air bubbles into the system which is counterproductive...repeatedly fill the reservoir as it gets lower untill all dark fluid is gone....tighten nipple....repeat preocess for other side caliper
The air bubbles will not move backward into the system if you have the 3/16ths tube facing downward towards the ground and you pump the brake fully and often!
1. DOT 4 fluid
2. 3/16th plastic/rubber tubing (1 or 2 feet)
3. 8mm spanner wrench or any clamping/adj. wrench for that matter
Simply open your master cylinder that houses the fluid up top near your right handelbar via screws..notice whisky/dehydrated horse **** fluid...start with your left caliper...remove rubber cover on nipple...fit on snuggly (important, no fluid must leave/seep or enter this fitting here) and place the end of the tube down into a cup (important again, gravity will allow fluid to flow down into cup instead of back into system/nipple) Now open the screw literally attached below the nipple until fluid starts coming out...pump front brake lever hard and semi-quickly and notice the slow flow of whisky and bubbles leaving downward into cup..watch the master cylinder reservoir level slowly go down (you are pumping the fluid out of the system) and never let it get low enough for the drain at the bottom to not be submerged..if the drain is not submerged in fluid you will be sucking in air bubbles into the system which is counterproductive...repeatedly fill the reservoir as it gets lower untill all dark fluid is gone....tighten nipple....repeat preocess for other side caliper
The air bubbles will not move backward into the system if you have the 3/16ths tube facing downward towards the ground and you pump the brake fully and often!
#14
#16
Thanks for all the help, i flushed the fluid and bleed the brakes but now the its leaking fluid from right under the nipple bolt.... Its not coming out of the nipple but from under it, on the right and rear brake... Im thinking its just left over fluid but thats not it, because it keeps seeping out!
#17
Thanks for all the help, i flushed the fluid and bleed the brakes but now the its leaking fluid from right under the nipple bolt.... Its not coming out of the nipple but from under it, on the right and rear brake... Im thinking its just left over fluid but thats not it, because it keeps seeping out!
#18
Yes its just the bleeder bolt... I think i tightened them enough, and i dont see how i can tighten it anymore.. I think i can tighten it a bit more but im scared of snapping or damanging the threads. Im not sure how much force to put on the bolts. Do you tighten them pretty tight? I wiped it off, and wiped it off, but after a few mins (30) i can see more dot 4 fluid!
#19
I can acually still suck some brake fluid out, but its not enough to fill up the tube, i just see a little bit of dot4 shoot on the walls of my clear tube.
Update: the dot4 is just leaking through the threads of the bolts. I saw it with my own eyes. I just say &^%* my honda, and lets throw it into the river. Im so frustrated with the damn bike it has so many problems!:icon_ra nt:
Update: the dot4 is just leaking through the threads of the bolts. I saw it with my own eyes. I just say &^%* my honda, and lets throw it into the river. Im so frustrated with the damn bike it has so many problems!:icon_ra nt:
Last edited by Gotpepsi; 06-03-2010 at 12:33 AM.
#20
I can acually still suck some brake fluid out, but its not enough to fill up the tube, i just see a little bit of dot4 shoot on the walls of my clear tube.
Update: the dot4 is just leaking through the threads of the bolts. I saw it with my own eyes. I just say &^%* my honda, and lets throw it into the river. Im so frustrated with the damn bike it has so many problems!:icon_ra nt:
Update: the dot4 is just leaking through the threads of the bolts. I saw it with my own eyes. I just say &^%* my honda, and lets throw it into the river. Im so frustrated with the damn bike it has so many problems!:icon_ra nt: