Fellow GTSer's -- I've been lurking here in the Bay Area and enjoying the list as time permits (been real busy adding onto our house, changing jobs, and trying to keep up with 3 teenagers, and trying not to commit malpractice). While my ABS works great now (and has never had a problem), I fear that as soon as Yamaha Corporate throws the brakes on the free (or relatively free) ABS repair, mine will malfunction. I have read over the past 18 months or so that the problem is likely due to moisture intrusion into the brake lines over time and, therefore, it's highly recommended that GTS owners replace their brake fluid annually. My question to the technical guys out there is: Would installing teflon/steel brake lines also help to prevent moisture intrusion and/or corrosion of the ABS internals? I'm okay with the feel of the stock brakes and would only consider shelling out the green for new brake lines IF they were good insurance and were effective in reducing moisture intrusion. What do you think? Mike Cordon Danville, CA '94 GTS --- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:14 PM Subject: Re: MRA photo request; rear brake gremlin > > > In your message dated: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 07:49:43 EDT, > your pithy ruminations on <Re: MRA photo request; rear brake gremlin> were: > => > => > => Could it be air comming trough the rubber hoses. The advise is to change > => them after some years. I have teflon/steel lines and never have to bleed. > > Where did you get the steel lines? Were they pre-made for the GTS, or did you > specify the lengths & fitting types yourself? > > Mark > => > => Fred Schneider > => > => > > My rear brake loses pressure over about a two week span. I can find no > => > > apparent leaks in the system and the level in the rear master cylinder > => does > => > > not dimininsh over that period. I get a small amount of air upon > => bleeding > => > at > => > > the rear caliper and this cures the problem for a couple fo weeks. > => > Mine does this also but it takes longer to require bleeding again usually > => > every couple months. I have had the HPU replaced under warranty to try and > => > cure the problem and two shops could not figure out the problem so I just > => > decided to live with it and flush out the system every couple months. > => > > => > Bob
