installing ss front brake lines
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But bleeding the new 4 and 6 pot stuff is far from easy. There's more spots in there for air bubbles to hide than places for monsters in the scary house of a grade B flic.......
But it's not impossible. Just be patient and try to think like an air bubble.....
But it's not impossible. Just be patient and try to think like an air bubble.....
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It's easy. Just make sure you don't over-tighten the banjo bolts, and make sure you don't forget to use the washers. After bleeding the brakes thoroughly, use a racer's trick: pull in the lever and tie it to the bar using a zip-tie or rubber band, leave it overnight. All the tiny bubbles will make their way to the resevior leaviing you with a firm feeling lever. I'm running Galfer lines on my race bike.
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I am NOT mechanical at all, and I installed Goodridge lines.
Just remember that once you get the new lines on, tighten the banjo's hand tight first, and get everything the way you want it before you torque them down. The crush washers are only supposed to be torqued once, so you get one shot at it.
Other than that, it is a simple matter of keeping the brake resevoir full while you bleed.
Just remember that once you get the new lines on, tighten the banjo's hand tight first, and get everything the way you want it before you torque them down. The crush washers are only supposed to be torqued once, so you get one shot at it.
Other than that, it is a simple matter of keeping the brake resevoir full while you bleed.
Farhad,
There is only one reservoir. (Two if you want to get technical, one front, one rear) The plastic cup that holds the fluid. You will need to keep this. The reservoir holds excess fluid that is drawn out when you force (compress) the fluid into the calipers. The reservoir does hold much more fluid than it really needs to, but it does to prevent a complete failure.
I believe what Bruce was talking about was further down the brake line. From his explanation Kawi's have a single brake line going from the master cylinder (right after the brake level) down to a crossover manifold, which splits the single line into two (One for each caliper).
Correct me if I'm wrong?
I've got two SS lines coming from my master cylinder to each caliper.
The only change you'll notice with SS or Kevlar lines is that the brakes will come on firmer and never fade. Grabbing a handful of front brakes with SS lines in the wrong situation may be worse than having rubber lines.. so make sure you're comfortable with emergency braking before you goto SS lines.
Jim.
There is only one reservoir. (Two if you want to get technical, one front, one rear) The plastic cup that holds the fluid. You will need to keep this. The reservoir holds excess fluid that is drawn out when you force (compress) the fluid into the calipers. The reservoir does hold much more fluid than it really needs to, but it does to prevent a complete failure.
I believe what Bruce was talking about was further down the brake line. From his explanation Kawi's have a single brake line going from the master cylinder (right after the brake level) down to a crossover manifold, which splits the single line into two (One for each caliper).
Correct me if I'm wrong?
I've got two SS lines coming from my master cylinder to each caliper.
The only change you'll notice with SS or Kevlar lines is that the brakes will come on firmer and never fade. Grabbing a handful of front brakes with SS lines in the wrong situation may be worse than having rubber lines.. so make sure you're comfortable with emergency braking before you goto SS lines.
Jim.
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