Rear Brakes!!!!

[MIDWAYAUTO]

Thanks for your guys response to adjusting my timing chain, now the next issue would be my rear brakes...I have none! I took off the cover to the rear resevorior and it was a little low so I haded some brake fluid, but there is zero pressure when pressing the rear brake lever. I can't pump them up nothing. Ideas??? Thanks

[Snow]

Sounds like rebuild time to me - is it leaking any fluid at the master cylinder? Making any odd squishy sounds? If there are no longer primed, sometimes it's hard to get fluid in the lines and the only easy was is with a vacuum pump.

[MIDWAYAUTO]

Doesn't leak and doesn't make any noises when you press on it.

[mro]

check out this thread >>>http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...ht=rear+master

Could be you have simular problem


mro

[skippy344]

Caliper piston

may be frozen. Pull the caliper and see if it slides. I'll bet its frozen. Get a rear caliper rebuild kit. While is off, you might as well paint the caliper and support bracket.

While you are at it, you might as well rebuild the rear master cylinder too.

And, while you are at it, you might as well replace the rubber lines with braided stainless steel lines.

Before you put it all back together, go ahead and get some new pads if they look cruddy. I mean while you are at it and all.

That'll git 'er done!

I say all this because a while back, when I was "just" replacing my rear tire, I ended up replacing all the rear bearings and seals, rebuilding the final drive, painting the swing arm, replacing the the pivot bearings and seals and replacing the middle gear boot.

I don't want to be the only guy who goes to fix just one thing, and ends up doing a whole bunch of other stuff!

Also, did you see the guy on ebay who is resurfacing our discs? Can that be done safely?

outta hobby money again.....

greg

[trbig]

Your version...

outta hobby money again.....

Lynda's version...

outta HUBBY money again.....

SWMBO has put the Skipmeister on a fund freeze!


Tod

[skippy344]

LOL

Just as long as she doesn't put me on the "other" freeze!

greg

[MIDWAYAUTO]

If the rear caliper was frozen wouldn't there still be pressure at the brake lever?

[Ken Talbot]

Originally posted by MIDWAYAUTO
If the rear caliper was frozen wouldn't there still be pressure at the brake lever?

Not necessarily. There would only be pressure if the system is still full of fluid. If it has gone dry, or has a lot of air, you won't get a pressure buildup, whether or not the piston was frozen in the caliper.

The rear brake system is fairly easy to work on off of the bike. You can take it all offr, clean it up, and even bleed it before reinstalling.