Bleeding the brakes...WTF am i doing wrong
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:02 pm
Ive been having a spongy feel on the brake lever for a while now, sometimes bad enough that the lever reaches the bar...
I installed new pads the other day and had to push the pistons back so make room, after i did this the lever was rock solid and with just a thought of pressing the brakes i found myself stopping quite rapidly.
This feeling slowly went away over the weeks and now is back to its spongy self. I bled the brakes, one side at a time but no air bubbles came out. I stapped the lever down to the bar and left it over night, this gets some feeling back but shortly goes back to spongy after a few days.
Ive checked the lines and cant see any fluid coming out from anywhere, the line actually look brand new (bike has only done 12,000km). fluid is topped up from a new bottle.
one thing i didnt do is bleed from the top nipple on the MC, ive never done this before so should i bother? and if so, how do i do it?
I installed new pads the other day and had to push the pistons back so make room, after i did this the lever was rock solid and with just a thought of pressing the brakes i found myself stopping quite rapidly.
This feeling slowly went away over the weeks and now is back to its spongy self. I bled the brakes, one side at a time but no air bubbles came out. I stapped the lever down to the bar and left it over night, this gets some feeling back but shortly goes back to spongy after a few days.
Ive checked the lines and cant see any fluid coming out from anywhere, the line actually look brand new (bike has only done 12,000km). fluid is topped up from a new bottle.
one thing i didnt do is bleed from the top nipple on the MC, ive never done this before so should i bother? and if so, how do i do it?
