Far side front caliper / bleeding
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:48 pm
Gents,
Still progressing slowly on brake rebuild & while having fitted the new front lines, i can readily bleed the closest caliper. Most pains however are with the far-side caliper which would appear to get little pressure. These are HEL lines with the 'over mudguard' line running from the closest caliper.
I have reverse bleed the lines to fill the reservoir (from far caliper); i have attempted to use mityvac tool but no success; i have used tradition approach of bleeding using manual pump / release cycle with no success. I removed the line feeding the far caliper & proved i could push fluid through that direction.
My next step tomorrow night is to remove caliper & see if it is actually pushing pistons/pads as my feeling is right now its skewed to the closest piston.
Any idea's or suggestions to overcome this problem (one assumes there air in there somewhere? I am correct to assume i should get similar / equal pressures on ether side?
Brad
Still progressing slowly on brake rebuild & while having fitted the new front lines, i can readily bleed the closest caliper. Most pains however are with the far-side caliper which would appear to get little pressure. These are HEL lines with the 'over mudguard' line running from the closest caliper.
I have reverse bleed the lines to fill the reservoir (from far caliper); i have attempted to use mityvac tool but no success; i have used tradition approach of bleeding using manual pump / release cycle with no success. I removed the line feeding the far caliper & proved i could push fluid through that direction.
My next step tomorrow night is to remove caliper & see if it is actually pushing pistons/pads as my feeling is right now its skewed to the closest piston.
Any idea's or suggestions to overcome this problem (one assumes there air in there somewhere? I am correct to assume i should get similar / equal pressures on ether side?
Brad