Anyone have a good video or something showing how to bleed from a banjo bolt? I've never done it and am having trouble finding an example. I do see people repeating Allen's warning to not let the handle go all the way down... could someone explain why? How far down should I let it go?
On some advice, put my bike on the center stand and put a friend on the back so the front wheel was free. I pumped the brake a few times, released it, and tried to spin the wheel. (Would not spin free at all, stopped dead as soon as I let go of it.) Then I cracked the bleeder at the caliper (allowing a little brake fluid to dribble out), closed the bleeder, and tried to spin the wheel again. The idea was that if the wheel spun freely after releasing that pressure from the bleeder, the problem was likely in my MC. If the wheel still refused to turn, my brake caliper pistons must still be seized. Well, the brakes were still dragging, so the drag must be caused by at least my caliper (could still be my MC in addition). Time to bite the bullet, pop the pistons all the way out, and clean it like I mean it. Probably have to get a rebuild kit since I doubt the seals will survive the ordeal. Does all that seem reasonable so far? One more thought... I had plenty of hydraulic pressure before I tried to clean the caliper. I was using the system to push the pistons out a bit, trying to expose all the grime without actually removing them 100%. Suddenly I didn't have any more pressure, and my assumption is that I let the brake fluid level get too low as the pistons came forward and pumped air into my system. Buuuut after all my bleeding attempts and then this shop's attempt with the vacuum tool, I *still* don't have any pressure. Could I have screwed something up at the caliper while I was cleaning it and I'm getting air in that way? There is no brake fluid leaking and everything seems to be in order... Or did I just get unlucky and have my MC fail at the same time as my caliper problem? Ooooor is there still air in the system despite our Herculean (more like Sisyphean) efforts? Would bleeding from the banjo bolt get air out that all of these other methods cannot? Thanks so much for all your help. I just wanna be moving again, but I have to be able to stop first. :/ -- 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.
