Man I am trying to bleed my brakes and it is taking forever. How do you bleed your brakes???

 

ask ATV_MAN !!!!!

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.......care to share some more info (what bike)....front or rear.....

 

Ther are two ways.slow-gravity bleed,fast-vaccum bleed.slow way-put hose on bleed vlave end and into jar,crack open bleeder valve and let fluid flow until new clean fluid starts coming out.remember to keep adding new fluid to reservior as it lowers.fast way,get vaccum pump kit,appx$60 comes with all parts and instructions,put one hose on bleed valve end and other hose into jar,create vaccum and open valve.it will come out ten times faster.benifits of using vaccum is fluid is moving much faster and tends to get a lot more heavier contaniments out of lines due to rush of fluid compared to gravity method.shouldnt take more than 1/2 hour to do a quad or a car for that matter using pump.hope this helps.

 

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Well if it's taking forever then I think the air is getting right back in the lines.

1st step)Pull and hold brake lever in or tie it up so it won't come out and un-screw the bolt that lets the fluid come out near the tires...their should be a bit of fluid coming out along with a bit of bubbles. This is good.(this means the air is coming out)

2nd step)Tighten the bolt back up and now take the twist tie (or whatever you have to keep the lever held in with) off and now go to the other tire.

3rd step)Tie the brake lever back up and now repeat the same steps on this tire as you did to the 1st tire you did....keep doing these steps until you have brakes.

Just remember-never let the brake lever off when the valve(bolt) is open or air will get back in the lines.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO DO SO BE PATIENT AND WORK SLOW.

GOOD LUCK!!!

 

Dang..... Same with the rear???

 

Yep, you can have a friend open and close the valve Or strech over the bike like i do. (there is a trick that pro's use, if you connect a air tight hose to the end of the valve and put the other end in a jar full of fluid, as soon as the air is gone inside the hose, you no longer have to close the valve, just pump away.) but I reccomend the other way.

 

Are your front brakes fixed yet???

I'm not sure about the back...it depends what you have, Mechanical or Hydraulic?

 

Thanks Dudes It all worked great...

 

Easiest way to bleed the brakes is to use a hyperdermic seringe and piece of tubing. Fill the syringe with brake fluid, put the hose on the bleeder valve on the caliper, remove reservoir lid, open the bleeder valve and then force the fluid up through the caliper and brake lines to the master cylinder reservoir. Do this until all air bubbles are gone. Repeat for each side if doing the front brakes.

 

wahoo.............way to go ATV_MAN.....

the 200sx is cable rear isn't it

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