kkent66 Posted July 26, 2011 #1 Posted July 26, 2011 I have a 2006 RSV. In the last day I have used my vacum pump to flush my rear brake and clutch and now getting ready to flush out my front brakes. Does it matter what caliper I flush first? Any thoughts/tips/suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
jemorrisonjr Posted July 26, 2011 #3 Posted July 26, 2011 As much as vacuum pumps make the job easy, get speedbleeders...thats real nice
Yammer Dan Posted July 26, 2011 #5 Posted July 26, 2011 Speedbleeders take a lot of the work out of it. You do know one of the front is connected to the rear don't you??
darthandy Posted July 26, 2011 #6 Posted July 26, 2011 Speedbleeders take a lot of the work out of it. You do know one of the front is connected to the rear don't you?? I thought that was only on the first gens. The specs I've seen for the 2nd gen showed both front brakes operating from the handlebar lever and the back brake with the foot pedal...or am I missing something? Andy
Guest Posted July 26, 2011 #7 Posted July 26, 2011 Speedbleeders take a lot of the work out of it. You do know one of the front is connected to the rear don't you?? Dan, stick to the first gens please.........
V7Goose Posted July 26, 2011 #8 Posted July 26, 2011 Speedbleeders take a lot of the work out of it. You do know one of the front is connected to the rear don't you?? The 2nd gen bikes do NOT have linked brakes - both front calipers are tied together and are operated from the handlebar lever. Goose
Yammer Dan Posted July 27, 2011 #9 Posted July 27, 2011 Sorry about the wrong answer Kevin. As Ruffy and darthandy pointed out my OLD bike is a linked system and yours is not. Speedbleeders are still a lot of help when flushing these systems.
Squidley Posted July 27, 2011 #10 Posted July 27, 2011 Kevin, As a rule of thumb I have always used on bleeding brake systems is do the furthest caliper from the master cylinder 1st, which on the bike will be the right front, then go to the left. This is how I was taught in school many years ago and I have used this method for better than 25 years on my vehicles
Yammer Dan Posted July 27, 2011 #11 Posted July 27, 2011 Kevin, As a rule of thumb I have always used on bleeding brake systems is do the furthest caliper from the master cylinder 1st, which on the bike will be the right front, then go to the left. This is how I was taught in school many years ago and I have used this method for better than 25 years on my vehicles 25 yrs ago in school?? Those years are adding up..... I learnt that too. Must have went to school about the same time..... Let us know how the brakes go Kevin. Or how they stop....
Seaking Posted July 28, 2011 #12 Posted July 28, 2011 Kevin, As a rule of thumb I have always used on bleeding brake systems is do the furthest caliper from the master cylinder 1st, which on the bike will be the right front, then go to the left. This is how I was taught in school many years ago and I have used this method for better than 25 years on my vehicles Say huh? Furthest from the reservoir would be the LEFT caliper, wouldn't it?? Opposite side of the bike?
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