Can someone help me out.....its got me fucked.....I have no free-play in my front brake lever at all...
not ever a few mm....I have tried everything and still the same...I tried before in another section
and only got one response so I will try here.....only got short fat fingers (like the rest of me) so its not
good having to loosen my grip on the bars to apply the front brakes........had a scare last ride coming home
from Nelson when a cow came out from behind some bushes on the side of the road.....had to buy a new
pair of jocks...... cheers.
The only thing I have changed is Zeneth?? chrome angle back levers...I thought that too ,but put stock
lever back on to check and still the same. ...all else is stock.....when bike was new it had free-play
just slowly got less over time...disc does not drag....only thing I can think of is rebuild the master cyl.
Thanks will give it a go tomorrow...at this stage I will try anything but firmness is not the problem.
No.... used Dot 4 as per instructed on top of filler cap.
Thanks kiwidave I tried what you suggested but on the next pump lever was just the same again (no air bubbles)
think I will pull the master cyl down when I have some spare time fairly shore its not in the calliper.
hi, if the piston doe's not come back all the way home , your lever will rattle, normaly the piston is up against the lever no free play, on later models who wants rattle levers these days older bikes did have some free play . if you have old fluid presure will build up & when bad will ride brake's,
if you are using dot-5 you have to bleed at least 2 reservior full of fluid when bleeding the brakes at least every 6 mths to keep condensation at bay , even dot 4 needs to be flushed reg just bleed untill clean fluid comes out , if m/cyl is gummie then you will have to clean & hone , some service people (shops) don't do this ? cheers
i've used the same piston rubbers if still in good con'd just wash in warm water , check 1st sometimes better than using aftermarket crap or use original new kit, cheers
Pulled the master cylinder apart today.....there are NO cir clips in there at all....the only thing holding every
thing in is a small outer dust seal......once apart I noticed a lot of corrosion just behind this seal......carefully cleaned
this up, thouroughy cleaned everything up and put back together with new clean fluid... didnt even have to bleed
it......all seems good so far I will take it for a good ride tomorrow......too many oyzo's tonight........the lever feels
completely different it must have been binding on the corrosion.......hope this helps others.
hi, hey deadly how did you crack the bottom of the fork leg ? i've never seen anything like that before , cheers
