front brake bleeding

[Nightengale]

i need to bleed my front brakes, i was wondering if anyone had any advice of how to do it by myself. i am just looking for some way to do it that will be fast and easy. i have tried already, and it seems that all the air is out of the lines, but i still have no front brakes, and its getting frustrating, because all i want to do is ride. thanks in advance for the info. and help

[DGXSER]

First, do you have pressure at the MC? Did you "bench bleed" the MC? To do that, place a towel or rag or plastic around all the parts under the MC (you do not want brake fluid on painted parts, or they will no longer be painted ; Remove the front banjo bolt, now put your finger over the hole in the MC, pull the brake lever until you feel pressure on your finger, then loosen your finger to let the air out, repeat till you get a good surge of fluid. Now, put the banjo bolt back in place. Return to bleeding at the calipers.

[WSL91]

i need to bleed my front brakes, i was wondering if anyone had any advice of how to do it by myself. i am just looking for some way to do it that will be fast and easy. i have tried already, and it seems that all the air is out of the lines, but i still have no front brakes, and its getting frustrating, because all i want to do is ride. thanks in advance for the info. and help

I bit the bullet and bought a Mity Vac for around 40.00 at the local Car Parts place. The only regret is that I didn't do this years ago. I can't imagine swapping brake parts and manually bleeding with a Master Cylinder.

[crazy steve]

I bit the bullet and bought a Mity Vac for around 40.00 at the local Car Parts place. The only regret is that I didn't do this years ago. I can't imagine swapping brake parts and manually bleeding with a Master Cylinder.

A big +1 on that! Doing it with just the master cylinder takes forever...

[Nightengale]

havent done that

First, do you have pressure at the MC? Did you "bench bleed" the MC? To do that, place a towel or rag or plastic around all the parts under the MC (you do not want brake fluid on painted parts, or they will no longer be painted ; Remove the front banjo bolt, now put your finger over the hole in the MC, pull the brake lever until you feel pressure on your finger, then loosen your finger to let the air out, repeat till you get a good surge of fluid. Now, put the banjo bolt back in place. Return to bleeding at the calipers.

i havent done that, and that does make sense since it is a new mc. i will try that today, but the idea of the 40 dollar bleeder does sound pretty good. but i will try bleeding the mc first. i will let you guys know how things go. if i still cant get it i will have to break down and buy the bleeder. thanks again for the help. i dont know what i would do without you guys.

[jjz28]

I took one of those big gas mixing syringes and put a tube on it and hooked it to the bleeder on the caliper and pushed the fluid in backwards and had mine done in about 15 minutes.

[Nightengale]

finally

finally got the time to get the front brakes bleed, the problem i had was that the left brake banjo bolt was a little loose and was leaking just enough to keep the brakes from building up any pressure. thanks again for all the help.

[James England]

I took one of those big gas mixing syringes and put a tube on it and hooked it to the bleeder on the caliper and pushed the fluid in backwards and had mine done in about 15 minutes.

Clever! I like it.

[Elwood2]

When I replaced the brake lines on my quad with steel braided ones I spent a half hour trying to build up pressure with no luck. Then I took a 4foot tube of fishtank air hose and hooked it to my bleeder screw. I left the cap off the resivoir and losened the bleeder screw. then I just sucked on the air tube until I could see the brake fluid. Long hose prevents drinking any.

[WSL91]

When I replaced the brake lines on my quad with steel braided ones I spent a half hour trying to build up pressure with no luck. Then I took a 4foot tube of fishtank air hose and hooked it to my bleeder screw. I left the cap off the resivoir and losened the bleeder screw. then I just sucked on the air tube until I could see the brake fluid. Long hose prevents drinking any.

Sounds good, what ever works. Definately quicker with some vacuum opposed to pressure by the short stroke M/C