I've been looking on here for how to prime your brake lines the old fashioned way and all I can find is people talking about it. So I've been googling several different things and finally came across Russells website and it says you have to prime it the old fashioned way with an eyedropper or small syringe. So let me make sure this is right I just unscrew the new SS lines from the MC and suck up some fluid into the eyedropper and squeeze it into the line? I'm going to walmart to get a dropper I'll see if they have a mitivac thing that everyone always talks about but probably not.


Tahoe said in another post:
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bleeding empty lines suck. you should invest in the vacuum pump. speedbleeders work great but need the lines already primed with pressure in them to work at all. you will still need to primevia the old fashioned way or via pump...the new skool way.

speedbleeders work great to bleed the brake of old fluid while adding new on there. the pump is too fast on this one. speedbleeders are useless for priming the lines



I can leave the speedbleeders on there though right? Otherwise how would you get them on without draining all of the fluid then refilling it? I can't see people just ripping the line off covering it with their finger then putting it back on. /shrug


Mike

 

Well, of course can you leave the speedbleeders on. It would defeat the purpose if you took them off. Just make sure they don't leak (some of the off-brands do sometimes... I had to replace two of the ones I bought once).

 

How in the world do I get the fluid to start flowing through the brake lines with no vac? All I have is brake fluid, wrenches, brake lines, and hands. =(

Mike

 

I awesome your trying to bleed the brakes? If I'm not mistaken speedbleeders are an aftermarket purchase, so if your running a stock setup you wouldn't have to worry about them. I would recommend pulling the bleeder valve out and throwing teflon tape on the threads before you start. Alot of times you get air seeping pass the threads when when you open them

You can go the old fashion way of just pumping the brake, hold the lever down and open the valve. Repeat until there's no air in the line. Usually start with the caliber furthest from the master cylinder.

I just bleed the front brakes on my bike and used a vaccum pump. I think it was like $20. You basically fill the reservoir and thenpump until a vaccum is created, open the valve let the fluid bleed out.

For some reason it seems like a get a much stiffer brake lever whenI bled the brakesthe old school way, butI've heard a few others with1000RR havea soft brake lever. Might just be the master cyclinder.

good luck

 

Well, finally got it. I read on here Woody said to bleed the MC so I did that a few times, came back in the house looked on the internet went back out did it a few more times and after oh ..... 4 hours total I think the lines are installed! lol Why do I even try anymore.... why? Pics are on the sights and sounds thread. Oh yea and I read a lot of people are saying zip tie the brake lever? Well I just parked it in the garage and "watch tied" the brake lever. hahahaha I don't have zip ties or rubber bands but I have my running watch! It's the most use it has gotten in months! Why do that though?

Mike

 

dude..just stop touching stuff...everything you touch breaks..doesnt work..or gets flushed down the pooper

..next your watch band is going to snap...lol

 

I see you got them working finally..

there are several claimed reasons on why to zip tie the lever, whatever it actually is, it works. It causes the lever tofeel more solid when apply the brakes, instead of a little mushy. My lever is like hitting a wall.

 

oh good, you figured it out...

invest in the mity vac next time mang!

the zip tie is supposed to force the air up into the MC or something like that. if you still have the stock set up, you should the upper banjo bolt with a bleeder screw on it! yes they make it like that...if your line doesn't come with it.

 

yeah, an upper bleeder valve would be nice on the mc, but I make due without it.

 

Don't get down on yourself man, priming brakes without tools just takes FOREVER. Very frustrating if you weren't expecting it

Now you know, though, and now you know what to do next time.

I had an extra PITA when I did the XR because the front line they sent me was just a tad too long... which meant I didn't have the help of gravity for the most part... [:@]

(need to get me some moretools, too)