Brake bleeding tips??

[fasterblaster2002]

i am trying to bleed the rear brake on my blaster. i just wondered what you guys do, since i am having trouble getting it bled.
thanks.

[quadzilla87]

when i had trouble
here is what i did
i craked the bleader and got me a piece of clear hose and put on it then stuck the other end in a bottle of brake fluid and then kept pumping it making shure that the resver does not go empty
wath the clear hose until us see solid brake fluid comming out
then tighten the bleader up then remove the hose
you should be good to go

[superevil]

buy a 20 dollar hand power bleeder fro autozone,works wonders.

[daBIGstuff]

I have never used bleeders before. all i do is push/squeeze brake the loosen the nut to let the fluid out and tighten the nut back up then release brake, and repeat until fluid is coming out without no bubbles, then some more.(just incase some more air is still in there.) never used a hose although i am going to try next time, it'll keep the fluid from dripping all over the place.

make sure you tighten the nut before you let off the brake you could get air back into it.

[ROACHIE]

its just like bleeding car brakes push the lever a couple times till it gets hard and hold it down then get someone or if you can reach to loosen the bleeder a little bit then when the brake goes squishy again tighten up the bleeder and keep repeating

[fulltiltrider]

Ok, I have had some experience in this before. Get a c clamp and push the piston the whole way in. Leave the clamp on and then bleed. Sometimes you can get a bubble stuck in the caliper and can be a pain to get out.

[fasterblaster2002]

the way i always do it is hold the pedal down and then open the bleeder screw for a little bit and usally works, i think that is what you guys were describing. I will try the idea with the c-clamp. I have a cr250 master cylinder with built-in reservoir and a banshee rear caliper and ss brake line, which is a setup i have heard of guys using but i was kinda worried if that was the problem. tell me what you guys think and thanks for the suggestions.

[fasterblaster2002]

hey thanks guys.....i did a combination of using the c-clamp and loosening the banjo bolt....now i have a working rear brake when i go to the badlands saturday!

[fulltiltrider]

Originally Posted by superevil

buy a 20 dollar hand power bleeder fro autozone,works wonders.

I admit those things are great. I blew a line in my old ford somewhere on the Jersey turnpike. Found an advanced auto and changed the line in the parking lot. Used the stores loaner bleeder and ended up buying one before I left lol.

But anyway, glad to hear you got it. I always use the clamp. That way you are not trying to fill up the line and the caliper. You just have to remember that when you take off the clamp, you will have to watch your resiviour so you dont suck it dry while pumping up the caliper.