what is the best way to bleed the rear brake. the rear brake pedal stopped working, and I want to try bleeding it. can anyone help me. thanks

 

There are 2 bleeder valves on the rear brake. One is for the front hand brake and one is for the foot pedal. Not sure which one is which. Just follow the brake line from the rear master cylinder. You will need two people for the job. Have one person pump the foot brake to build up pressure, then hold the pedal down. The other person opens the bleeder valve (be sure to have something to catch the brake fluid). Tighten the valve back up before releasing the foot pedal so air does not get back into the system. Repeat this process until the pressure is built back up when pressing the foot pedal. You also need to make sure the rear brake fluid reservoir does not empty. Keep the cap off the reservoir and add brake fluid as necessary. When finished, make sure the reservoir is full. It is a fairly easy job to do.

As a side note, I just took my 700EFI back for service for the same thing. The brake was working fine, then just stopped working. Could push the pedal all the way to the floor and no brake. I tried bleeding, but this didn't help. I think the rear master cylinder is bad. Service guy aggreed that it is probably the master cylinder. After seeing the price of the master cylinder ($90), I'm glad it is still under warranty.

Hope this helps.

 

i guess imtring top figue out why all these rear brakes are needing to be bled. the only reason you would need to bleed the brakes is if some how you got air or ran out of brake fluid to make them suck air.even replacing brake pads you do not have to bleed the brakes,just push the piston back in w/ a c clamp.if for some reason you've lost the use of the brake pedal its not going to be because of lack of fluid or air in them unless you has a leak.

 

Very good point, why are so many people having problems with the rear brake, i am going to start a new thread to see how many people have experianced this problem. Perhaps if there have been enough of these polaris will recall and fix