Twin cam abs brake bleeding

  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    2 years ago
    I know it's been discussed a few times and a couple work-arounds have been bandied about but to do it properly you need something to activate the abs circuit.
    I have, up until now, taken the bike to the dealership every two years to get it done, but it irks me doing that so decided to get something so I could do it myself.
    After looking at the options, I decided on the one from ITM, it is a small tablet with a wireless interface and proprietary software.
    The procedure is straight forward, flush the brakes and bleed it as you would a non abs bike, (read the how to sheet).
    Hook up the dongle, turn the bike on, don't start it, fire up the tablet, open the program and follow the prompts for front and back.
    Once done re-flush and bleed again and you are done. Easy as, my brakes feel a bit firmer to me, as in not as spongy, not that I thought they were previously just in comparison to before, but maybe that's my imagination, anyhow works as advertised and I'd recommend the product to anyone that is in the market for an abs bleeder.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    2 years ago
    GM, thankyou for the direction, I need one, but will have to checkout price first.good stuff for those that either love doing own maintainence or just don't have spare cash to regularly complete this task. I'm in both catergories, thanks.
  • Retroman
    Retroman
    2 years ago
    Interesting...
  • softfat
    softfat
    2 years ago
    Thanks GM for this. I'm hands on and prefer to do all my maintenance on my bike and cars. For those interested, the shipping charge to me in Sydney was $70. The total price including dollar conversion was $358.40 as of today, 3.3.22.
    Just to add to this. The reading I've done on this tells me it is locked to the bike you use it on. Apparently you can get more licenses to use on your other bikes if required. The unit, when used, needs wifi to connect to the companies server to verify it isn't pirated. That's the only time it needs wifi, other than that it connects to the dongle via bluetooth. 
    GM may have more information on it. Thanks again GM.

    Soft...
  • Retroman
    Retroman
    2 years ago
    Now not so interested (sorry !)
    It's the "locked to one bike" shit that's fucked it.
    That has irked me since 2007 when I got my first EFI Harley...
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    2 years ago
    Maybe he has a shop price so you can do unlimited bikes? Dunno, you would need to shoot him an email and ask, the locked thing doesn't bother me, I'm not trying to make money off it, just want to bleed my brakes.
  • steelo
    steelo
    2 years ago
    Save yourselves money and time. Bd sells a kit to repair watches. It’s not locked to any particular timepiece. Set up your own work from home business.  Some training required. 
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    2 years ago
    That would be their BIG BEN Kit lol
  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    2 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 07 Mar 2022 04:54 AM

    That would be their BIG BEN Kit lol

    sorry to be the "wanker"
    "Big Ben" was the bell, not the clock,  but that would still work
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    2 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 07 Mar 2022 04:54 AM

    That would be their BIG BEN Kit lol

    Quoting Soapbox2627 on 07 Mar 2022 09:17 AM

    sorry to be the "wanker"
    "Big Ben" was the bell, not the clock,  but that would still work

    True, damn, 56 years thinking it ment the whole thing, thanks for the heads up
  • steelo
    steelo
    2 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 07 Mar 2022 04:54 AM

    That would be their BIG BEN Kit lol

    Quoting Soapbox2627 on 07 Mar 2022 09:17 AM

    sorry to be the "wanker"
    "Big Ben" was the bell, not the clock,  but that would still work

    Quoting Grease Monkey on 07 Mar 2022 09:52 AM

    True, damn, 56 years thinking it ment the whole thing, thanks for the heads up

    That's one strike GM.

    True story
    A church's bell ringer passed away. So they posted the position and a man came in with no arms wanting the job. The clergy weren't sure he could do it, but he convinced them to let him try it.
    They climbed the bell tower and the guy ran toward the bell and hit it with his head. They gave him the job.
    The next day he went to ring the bell, tripped, bounced off the bell and fell to the sidewalk below. Two guys were walking past.
    One asked, "Do you know this guy?"
    The second guy responded, "No, but his face rings a bell."

    The next day, the dead bell ringer's twin brother comes in for the again vacant bell ringer position. He also has no arms. They lead him up to the bell tower, he runs at the bell, trips and falls to the sidewalk below.
    The same two guys walk by.
    The first asks, "Do you know him?"
    The second guy responds, "No, but he's a dead ringer for the guy we saw yesterday."
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    2 years ago
    1. Bad
    2. Worse
    3. Clanger
  • softfat
    softfat
    1 year ago
    Update, just got around today to bleeding my brakes/ABS using this system. I bled the brakes last year without doing the ABS and before I did them this time, I used a brake fluid tester to see how much moisture was in the fluid. It came up with 2%, last light in the OK range.
    Bleeding the brakes using this ITM system was a breeze. Grease Monkey nailed it in his description of the process. Took longer for the unit to connect to the server through the internet and verify it was legal. After that, plain sailing.

    Soft... 
  • PappaSmurf
    PappaSmurf
    1 year ago
    Just ordered mine, $345AUD including delivery (on sale)
    Another tool that will save me a trip to a stealership.