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bleeding hydraulic brake

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 2:56 pm
by dazz-uk
Put a new nissin out board disc on and using a cable pull remote remote master cyclinder, bleeded it, all the air seems to be out but brake lever is not firming up? whats going on?

Re: bleeding hydraulic brake

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 8:16 pm
by phil23fair
You could have air trapped in a loop or kink in the hydraulic hose in the headset. Get a large syringe fill it with brake fluid and connect it to the bleed point ar the disc and fill the system from the bottom. It clears the air every time.

Re: bleeding hydraulic brake

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 9:49 pm
by Steve t
How I bled mine ... I'm thinking by your description that you have hidden master maybe a grimeca one I removed cable from lever on master cyl then bled it by pumping lever on master cyl manually that way you get all the travel you don't get full travel when cable is connected and pumping with handle bar lever

Re: bleeding hydraulic brake

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 11:27 am
by ForemanBob
As above to make sure you can get out all the air you can...

If still not firm... pull in lever and strap it to handlebar to keep it pulled in.. take lid off resevoir, and leave it overnight... lets the air slowly bleed out...

Worked for me in situations where I just couldnt bleed the b*stard....

Good luck

Re: bleeding hydraulic brake

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 1:03 pm
by dazz-uk
thanks for replies, ended up with wheel removed with disc on floor and scooter on bench and let gravity do its magic over night and bingo all sorted this morning.