issues with front brake bleeding resolved

[davseidman]

I've just bought an oversized front rotor, caliper bracket, pads, and braided brake line for the front. Almost no instructions came with all of it. Has anyone done this and found any things out of the ordinary I should be watchful of? Thanks, Dave

[Don Montgomery]

Subject: [DSN_KLR650] oversize rotor installation

> I've just bought an oversized front rotor, caliper bracket, pads, and > braided brake line for the front. Almost no instructions came with all > of it. Has anyone done this and found any things out of the ordinary I > should be watchful of? > Thanks, > Dave

Things should go together in a logical order/position. Nothing should bind. Usual torque values. Big improvment. Don M

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Don Montgomery" wrote:

> > I've just bought an oversized front rotor, caliper bracket, pads, and > > braided brake line for the front. Almost no instructions came with all > > of it. Has anyone done this and found any things out of the ordinary I > > should be watchful of? > > Things should go together in a logical order/position. Nothing

should bind.

> Usual torque values. Big improvment.

You may need to heat the bolts holding on the old rotor with a butane torch to bust the threadlocker holding those nuts on. Or maybe not. That's all I can recall from when I did it to my bike.

[clutz003]

Thanks to all that responded, truly appreciated. What worked was to sit on the bike and tilt the bike and move the handlebars back and forth while squeezing the lever. It took a long time to get all of the air out but I got there. I bought the speed bleeders but not so sure that I would again.......seems like it would not have been much more difficult to do it with the stock bleeders. I believe that one of them had a defective valve as the fluid would get sucked back into the valve from the drain hose upon handle release, defeating the purpose of the speed bleeders. Thanks again, Craig A18 San Jose CA