Good point. If that is not clear, fluid cannot get back to reservoir and the brakes will lock up when they heat up. Common problem on the Kawasaki 454LTD. I use a fine wire, I forget the size, to clear it. Just be careful not to puncture the rubber in the reservoir.
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 14, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone have a good way to explain checking the little bleed pinhole in the > reservoir, first? > > I'd start there. > > Kurt > >> On Sep 14, 2014 4:08 PM, "Graham Rogers" <[email protected]> wrote: >> You need to dismantle your brake calipers and clean them. That involves >> first of all: >> 1. undo the bolts holding the calipers to the fork frame and then removing >> the disc pads. >> 2. remove the pistons by using your brake lever to squeeze them out with >> the pressure of the brake fluid in the reservoir. That means you leave the >> fluid in your master brake cylinder to remove the pistons from the calipers. >> 3. Now you'll notice all your fluid will run out of the system. I use >> shims or the brake discs to equalize the removal of the pistons. Since >> there are two pistons on each side and one or more maybe stuck, they will >> come out unevenly and you lose all the fluid out of the system before all >> the pistons come out. So to avoid that I use the shims or disc pads >> themselves to 'block' the rate at which the pistons come out. Hope that is >> not too hard to follow. You will see what I'm talking about as you do it. >> 4. Then remove the O rings from the piston cylinders, either replace or >> clean them, do the same with the pistons and caliper cylinders (usually just >> cleaning the pistons and calipers. Reassemble and with new fluid in the >> master cylinder, begin the job of bleeding the system to get the pressure >> back in the back lever. Graham >> >>> On Sep 14, 2014, at 3:44 PM, Arlen Burroughs wrote: >>> >>> The front wheel was very difficult to spin. The brakes are definitely >>> sticking. I checked the fluid after busting a rusted reservoir screw, it >>> looked fine. Not too low. >>> >>> Should I change the fluid anyways? I haven't changed it since purchasing >>> the bike in June. >>> >>> Otherwise what do I need to check or do? >>> -Arlen >>> >>> >>>> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:40:44 AM UTC-5, Kyle Munz wrote: >>>> Stuck brakes? With the bike on the center stand and the transmission in >>>> neutral can you spin the back tire? How about the front tire? >>>> >>>> >>>> -Kyle >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Arlen Burroughs <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> So it was 50 degrees this morning. >>>>> >>>>> The bike started fine, but I noticed it was a little hard to get going. >>>>> >>>>> When I rolled off the throttle and pulled in the clutch at about 20 mph, >>>>> the bike slowed down faster than normal. Usually it'll coast quite a >>>>> ways, but this morning it didn't coast as well at all. I have also >>>>> noticed lately that she's a bit hard to move when off (and in neutral). >>>>> >>>>> Any Ideas? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> -Arlen >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
