My Raptor had very mushy front brakes from day one, and this being the first Yamaha i've ever owned, I thought it might be in the design. I read about other guys having this problem and they were bleeding the brakes. I tried it the normal way and it didn't help much. Then I read Sandgods post on Raptorzone on how to bleed them, and this really works. I can now lock them up on pavement! Almost went over the bars in the first turn at the track because I forgot how good they are now. If you've got mushy brakes this will fix them.

 

Well HOW do you do it?

 

yes explain. It seems that my fron brakes are losing they're grippiness.

 

yes explain. It seems that my front brakes are losing they're grippiness.

 

Go to raptorzone.com and click on forums. Then click on tips and tricks. The thread is "brake bleeding the right way"(or something like that).

 

Here's what SandGod said:

"Forget the whole idea of your buddy holding a can at the end of the caliper as you pump away.
Break the seal on the master cylinder, don't pull anything off, just break the seal, pull the front brake to the grip and wrap the lever and grip together w/ a bungee cord. Let it sit overnight. Come out the next day pump the brake a dozen times and wrap the bungee around the grip and lever again. Go to work and when you get home your brakes will have one finger superior stopping power. You are in hense bleeding in the opposite direction. Good things come to those who wait. No waste of fluid and no mess. Make sure the handle bars are in a position so that the fluid won't drip on your plastic when your wiggling your quad as you wrap the bungee around.
For the rear brake do the same, but wedge a hammer between the footpeg, brake pedal and frame."


It's cool to have everythingin the same place...slow connections make you hate clicks.

 

got that but do you break the seal on the m.s. before or after you pump the break and pull the lever to the grip and bungee?

im going try it out so when sunday comes when i go riding for the first time in awhile, they should work even better.

 

Breaking the seal is the very first step and tightening it up is the final step, everything else falls in between those steps.

 

Sandgod,
Is that our site Raptorzone. Whew. I read that transcript about cheatine between EXland and *********. WOW. They just couldn't take it.

 

when you leave the bike overnight with the lever bungeed do you tighten the seal or leave it open for two days then tighten at the end of the second day? Thanks.