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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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I accidentally left the park brake on one of my 04 trail boss for roughly 2 days. Now the right side front brake wont lock like the left side.

On hi traction surfaces it throws the bike sideways. My other one will lock both fronts.

I bled the right side but didnt notice any improvement.

Any idea what I messed up? I didnt really notice and fluid leak at the calipers...

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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:44 PM
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u might have did something to the pads but dont really know. once i drove mine around with the parking break on and it didnt hurt anything
 
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 07:48 PM
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It sounds like you have a frozen caliper, it should still be under warranty right? If not try bleeding, I always leave my parking brake on when I'm not riding and it's not on a flat surface. Always have on all my atv's and atc's, never knew you weren't supposed to or had a problem with doing that either.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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Default left the p brake on... what did i mess up?

I have left mine on a couple of times. Get off to take a break, get back on start to ride, notice it feels different. Oh yeah, left the brake on. They laugh every time I do it. The way Polaris designed the brake, it will bleed down by itself. I used to leave it on while transporting, but when I got to where I was going, it had bled down and wasn't holding anymore.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 01:41 AM
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Default left the p brake on... what did i mess up?

try to bleed them again the fluid may have boiled and air got in to the system
 
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 09:36 AM
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Default left the p brake on... what did i mess up?

Ya, whenever I park my quad I always put the parking brake on and I never have problems...like everyone said..try bleeding them.
 
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