brake bleeding on 84 near triple tree

[chocking]

Hi,

 

After caliper and brake rebuild, I am trying in vain to bleed the brakes on my 84. After 3 hours of using a vacuum pump yielding little success with quite a bit of air is out, the rear is still very spongy and cannot seem to get anymore air out..I have read a lot about the lack of a bleeder on the early models and am wondering if it is possible to get to the connection without taking plastic off????

 

I've bled the brakes before, but never a complete re-do from zero...Even having a terrible time with the front right brake... ughhhh.this is very frustrating..I want to ride.

 

What is the correct order in bleeding considering the anti dives...???

 

Is it left anti-dive ,then left front caliper. then rear ....over and over again????

 

I;ve read a lot on this here, but still am struggling this time

 

Thanks

 

Clay

[Condor]

Hi,

 

After caliper and brake rebuild, I am trying in vain to bleed the brakes on my 84. After 3 hours of using a vacuum pump yielding little success with quite a bit of air is out, the rear is still very spongy and cannot seem to get anymore air out..I have read a lot about the lack of a bleeder on the early models and am wondering if it is possible to get to the connection without taking plastic off????

 

I've bled the brakes before, but never a complete re-do from zero...Even having a terrible time with the front right brake... ughhhh.this is very frustrating..I want to ride.

 

What is the correct order in bleeding considering the anti dives...???

 

Is it left anti-dive ,then left front caliper. then rear ....over and over again????

 

I;ve read a lot on this here, but still am struggling this time

 

Thanks

 

Clay

 

Here's what I'll end up doing first thing.... Install Speed-Bleeders. Then on the left front before pumping up the caliper to apply the new pads, I leave them pressed into the caliper. This accomplishes two things. #1 it makes the caliper cavity smaller, and #2 it makes it easy to pump clear fluid through the line without having to pump/crack/pump..etc.. Once the air is out of the lines then close off the bleeder and pump up the pads. Same thing with the back brake. Always start with the bleeder farthest from the master. This will also work with the front right brake.

[Marcarl]

Just for clarification, the right front is front only, the left front as you sit on the bike is the rear.

Bleed the rear caliper, then with help bleed the front left (rear, front). Get as much pressure as you can before opening the bleeder screw. You may have to pump the pedal several times to get some pressure. Once you have the caliper clear do the anti-dive.

The front is a little easier but mostly the same.

I have also used pressure bleeding to clear the lines. For the rear is use a rubber tipped blower with about 20 lbs pressure, clears things up in seconds.

Make sure that the hose you attach to the bleeder seats well and use a bottle to emerge the leaking end.

Hope this helps

Carl