Need help with brake bleed on 05 V-Star

[duke]

I am having trouble with bleeding the front brakes on my wife's 2005 V-Star classic.

I replaced the upper brake hose. The one from the master res. on the handle bar to the splitter.

Neither of the banjo's are leaking.

 

I replaced the fluid till it ran clear through both caliper bleeders.

 

Now the fluid runs clear but the lever still has no back pressure. It just travels right to the handle bar.

 

Its almost as if the piston in the master cly. is not full, and yet it pushes the fluid out the bleeders.

 

Any suggestion would be greatly appeciated.

 

Wayne

[duke]

well I got some pressure on lever!!!!

 

following instructions for reverse bleed (and not having any of the parts I need as its Labour Day and all the stores are closed) I raised the front end and turned the wheel so that the Banjo was lower than the reservoir.

This let a lot of bubbles out still a ways to go.

[Squeeze]

if you got some Pressure, tie the Lever to the Handlebar, with a Cable or Zip-Tie and come back two or three Hours later, release the Lever careful, pump 3 or 4 Times and tie the Lever back again. Prodeed this 2 or 3 Times and you will be almost done with it. Let the Lever tightly pressed overnight and be happy tomorrow.

[duke]

Thanks Squeeze

 

Tried your fix. But I believe that it was fixed already.

 

After continuing doing what I had been doing (banjo lower than reservoir)

after a while the bubbles stopped.

 

Then I tried your fix. But by then there was wasn't any bubbles left.

 

The brakes are fixed, and I am happy