Worried now that I unlinked brakes

[GaryZ]

you should not attempt to run 2 calipers off a master cylinder designed to operate only ONE caliper. It's just wrong unless you are using R1 or R6 calipers. Otherwise you need 5/8" = 16mm..master.not 14

 

Why not? It works great . . .

[GaryZ]

If you haven't tried, you are talking out your buttocks.

 

It works.

 

Gary

 

Yes . . . What he said

[GaryZ]

Now for my two cents:

 

I just did my DELINKED brakes and I did a lot of bleeding!!! Then Tied the brake leaver down!! Both of which resulted in getting rid of the air. I also turned in the screw on the leaver which gave the plunger in the master cylinder more travel. After I did all of this my front and rear brakes now work perfect. It took TWO days of patient work but that's the way it is when you have two brakes to do on the front.

 

My exact experience

[greg_in_london]

It's a pain when a thread gets longer and people don't read it all

 

The other theory about why strapping the brake lever might help sometimes is that occasionally air can be squeezed past the brake seals where fluid (being thicker) is not.

 

It's not a method I would rely on, but when I can't get a system to bleed it makes me feel better about packing up for the day and having a beer or a coffee.

 

I do find that the narrower bores of stainless steel hosing means I feel more confident about there not being bubbles caught in flat sections. I also but syringes so I can pump fluid back and forth (if I don't just push the pistons back).

[Trader]

Let's review......

 

He couldn't get the air bled out so he unhooked the front line from the rear master.

 

The question was if it was OK to do that. Most said no.

 

The conflict came because we wer discussing bleeding a LINKED system...because if he had the front disconnected HE DIDN'T NEED TO BLEED IT!!!

 

SHEEESH!!!!!! ...now back to the blow by blow:rotf:

[rbig1]

didn't mean to derail thread just messing around with thoughts:yikes: