I really really hate the rear brake
Posted: |June 30th, 2009|, 12:24 am
I have had nothing but trouble with the rear brake on the other halfs Raptor
Failed it's last MOT on a cracked rear disc, so that got replaced and I swapped the caliper and m/c for one off a mille and all was fine. Well when I say fine it worked enough to pass the MOT.
Then MOT time comes around this year and guess what it fails on the rear brake disc (slightly corroded as not used over winter due to the o/h being preggers) and fails on brake efficiency test.
So I buy a new disc and pads and set about changing them, also decide to put in a freshly cleaned up rear caliper as the mille one was a bit sticky.
And now I have spent the best part of the morning trying to bleed it all. Can bleed it upto the banjo on the caliper but the caliper itself is just not filling up (can't think of a better way of putting it) with fluid. Have got the caliper up above the swingarm so the bleed nipple is at the top but still getting nowhere fast with it.
I am sreiously pi$$ed off with it now have to walk away a couple of times now because I was losing my rag with it
Would using a mityvac thing be more useful for this?
Failed it's last MOT on a cracked rear disc, so that got replaced and I swapped the caliper and m/c for one off a mille and all was fine. Well when I say fine it worked enough to pass the MOT.
Then MOT time comes around this year and guess what it fails on the rear brake disc (slightly corroded as not used over winter due to the o/h being preggers) and fails on brake efficiency test.
So I buy a new disc and pads and set about changing them, also decide to put in a freshly cleaned up rear caliper as the mille one was a bit sticky.
And now I have spent the best part of the morning trying to bleed it all. Can bleed it upto the banjo on the caliper but the caliper itself is just not filling up (can't think of a better way of putting it) with fluid. Have got the caliper up above the swingarm so the bleed nipple is at the top but still getting nowhere fast with it.
I am sreiously pi$$ed off with it now have to walk away a couple of times now because I was losing my rag with it
Would using a mityvac thing be more useful for this?