Wilsons Sandbox

I put my repaired front caliper back on the A19 and then had to bleed the brakes. I had replaced those screws in the master cylinder but I guess I did not use any anti-seize compound on the threads. I was lucky I remembered I had some stuck screw removers and I backed them out with a drill. Lucky again that my local True Value hardware store had screws to fit. After I got back I went out and tried to bleed the brake. I tried and I tried and I tried.... I am still trying but done for the night. I had drained EVERYTHING of break fluid and I read that I caused more problems. I saw on YouTube on how to make a vacumm bleeder from a jar and a hose and a vacumm cleaner and might try doing that.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgpY_oGINU8&feature=related I am really glad I am not on a trip trying to do this. I would never get home.... 8-( Tom SW Pennsylvania

Tom, I ran into the same problem Thursday when I replaced my 09's front brake line with a braided steel one. I couldn't get it to bleed, either. Then I remembered I had a mechanic's "syringe" - basically a 1 inch bore plastic syrynge with a spout where the needle would go. I pushed the plunger in most of the way and then attached a short length of rubber vacuum line to the spout. The other end of the hose was then connected to the bleeder. With a full reservoir, I then pulled out on the plunger to create a little vaccum at the caliper end and cracked open the bleeder. I had to quickly refill the res. or risk reintroducing air into the system. Once I had pulled a good amount of air from the system and was getting a bubbly mix of fluid and air, I hooked a length of aquarium air hose to the bleeder with the free end stuck through a hole made into an empty water bottle's cap. I poured the fluid from the syringe in the bottle 1st and made sure the free end of the hose was "submerged" - creating a crude one way valve. Then it was the old fashioned pump, open, close,pump, open close... I eventually got the air out of the system this way and have solid brakes now. Alternate method I used on my former Honda 919: I poured some fluid in the syringe and with an *empty* reservoir, I then pushed the fluid up from the bottom. Which makes more sense, actually as the air bubbles want to go up, not down anyway. eddie

> [Original Message] > From: Tom > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 9/25/2010 8:57:12 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Front caliper fixed but more problems... > > I put my repaired front caliper back on the A19 and then had to bleed > > the brakes. *snip* I had drained EVERYTHING of break(sic) fluid and I

read that

> > I caused more problems. I saw on YouTube on how to make a vacumm > > bleeder from a jar and a hose and a vacumm cleaner and might try doing > > that.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgpY_oGINU8&feature=related > > I am really glad I am not on a trip trying to do this. I would never > > get home.... 8-( > > Tom > SW Pennsylvania > > > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > >