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Holy dirty oil, Bat-Man! Tins are off getting re-painted so I took the opportunity to change the 13 year old brake and clutch fluid out of the bike.. (this way you don't drip on your tins)... Now, this bike has SAT for years in a garage.. 2910 miles as of today with the original fluid. This is what came out... YUK!  Need I say more? Brake fluid absorbs crap just sitting. Clutch fluid was REALLY dirty BTW.. uk. Anyway, my brake technique is to PUSH fluid up from the bottom. For this I use a syringe and a piece of vacuum hose.. fill with fluid, suck fluid out of the top reservoir, get air out of syringe and push fluid up.. repeat. Much simpler than trying to drive air bubbles down.  FYI John |
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2014, 03:56:10 PM » |
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I've never heard it done like that. You put the hose on the bleed nipple and open it then squeeze in the fluid ?
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2014, 04:01:41 PM » |
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Yup. Just make sure you sucked the fluid from the reservoir, or make a mess you will... Suck the reservoir dry often. I've gotten caught up in the pushing and overfilled before... Doh!
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2014, 05:09:32 PM » |
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Yup have do e it that way for stuborn clutch set ups Chevy some times has slave cylinder not level bleeder is on lower end so you push fluid back thru system but you really should empty master put fresh fluid in pump and bleed some fluid thru as typically the worst fluid is in caliper and you don't want to push that In reverse as it could put crap in your master cylinder and if you don't get that out your master cylinder could go south real quick
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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2014, 06:07:37 PM » |
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Yes,I have used that method for clutch bleeding,but the valk is happy to have it's brake fluid run top to bottom.I do it once a year as cheap P.M.
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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2014, 07:31:55 PM » |
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I use the speed bleeders and do it every other year.
My wife has sat in enough vehicles I have owned listening (and following the instructions) to "PUSH" "RELEASE" "PUSH" "RELEASE" etc., etc., that I did not want to ask for her assistance with my motorcycle.
The speed bleeders make it really fast and easy.
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2014, 07:40:57 PM » |
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I use the speed bleeders and do it every other year.
My wife has sat in enough vehicles I have owned listening (and following the instructions) to "PUSH" "RELEASE" "PUSH" "RELEASE" etc., etc., that I did not want to ask for her assistance with my motorcycle.
The speed bleeders make it really fast and easy.
To this day whenever I Bleed brakes it makes me think of my Dad  . My Dad did all of his work himself, never paid anyone to work on a vehicle. From the time I was 5 or 6 I would have to hand him tools, pump brakes, etc. He has long passed but I learned many things from him. Whenever I see my brother we always get in a conversation about Dad yelling at us from under the car "no damn it I said the 11/16 open end"  |
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2014, 07:53:26 PM » |
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I have used that technique on problem lines that I couldn't get the air out of. Never tried it on the Big Girl but as soon as she was in the garage with my name on the title, everything that was a fluid was changed. Just wish the rear end had been serviced once in the 15 years before she found a home.  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2014, 03:41:54 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2014, 04:53:56 AM » |
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Ya. My IS had chunky fluids. I used a full container for each of the front ....rear. ....and clutch. Once I am sure the rear end is clean and lubed I will drive a few miles then re bleed them.
yes. The speed bleeders have shipped.
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« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2014, 09:10:25 AM » |
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Dang I do mine every 2 yrs just cause its easy and cheap.  |
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« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2014, 12:07:49 PM » |
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How do you change the clutch oil? Holy dirty oil, Bat-Man! Tins are off getting re-painted so I took the opportunity to change the 13 year old brake and clutch fluid out of the bike.. (this way you don't drip on your tins)... Now, this bike has SAT for years in a garage.. 2910 miles as of today with the original fluid. This is what came out... YUK! Need I say more? Brake fluid absorbs crap just sitting. Clutch fluid was REALLY dirty BTW.. uk. Anyway, my brake technique is to PUSH fluid up from the bottom. For this I use a syringe and a piece of vacuum hose.. fill with fluid, suck fluid out of the top reservoir, get air out of syringe and push fluid up.. repeat. Much simpler than trying to drive air bubbles down. FYI John |
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« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2014, 01:11:59 PM » |
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Use the syringe push-suck method described. Fill nipple is found in the center of the bike, under the seat-lock.
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« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2014, 02:02:16 PM » |
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I use the speed bleeders and do it every other year.
My wife has sat in enough vehicles I have owned listening (and following the instructions) to "PUSH" "RELEASE" "PUSH" "RELEASE" etc., etc., that I did not want to ask for her assistance with my motorcycle.
The speed bleeders make it really fast and easy.
To this day whenever I Bleed brakes it makes me think of my Dad . My Dad did all of his work himself, never paid anyone to work on a vehicle. From the time I was 5 or 6 I would have to hand him tools, pump brakes, etc. He has long passed but I learned many things from him. Whenever I see my brother we always get in a conversation about Dad yelling at us from under the car "no damn it I said the 11/16 open end" Or "Hold that damn light still!". I love my ole man, still with us and just turned 86. He crawled under his pickup the other day to replace a rusted through steel brake line. I learned my love of wrenching from him. |
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« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2014, 05:35:30 PM » |
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thanks Use the syringe push-suck method described. Fill nipple is found in the center of the bike, under the seat-lock.
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« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2014, 07:13:38 PM » |
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I use the speed bleeders and do it every other year.
My wife has sat in enough vehicles I have owned listening (and following the instructions) to "PUSH" "RELEASE" "PUSH" "RELEASE" etc., etc., that I did not want to ask for her assistance with my motorcycle.
The speed bleeders make it really fast and easy.
To this day whenever I Bleed brakes it makes me think of my Dad . My Dad did all of his work himself, never paid anyone to work on a vehicle. From the time I was 5 or 6 I would have to hand him tools, pump brakes, etc. He has long passed but I learned many things from him. Whenever I see my brother we always get in a conversation about Dad yelling at us from under the car "no damn it I said the 11/16 open end" Or "Hold that damn light still!". I love my ole man, still with us and just turned 86. He crawled under his pickup the other day to replace a rusted through steel brake line. I learned my love of wrenching from him.  .Sounds like our dads might be related. |
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