Brake FLuid PRob

[honda400exrider]

i bought the items in my profile for the rear brakes, hooked it up, and no fluid is going through the lines. does ne1 have any ideas of y its not? thanx alot

[eldoexrider01]

r u using the brake line bolt ( with holes) and is it compatiable with your new brake lines??? ( jus tryin to narrow things down a lil)

[Texan32]

i just did my front lines. you are going to need to find a preasure bleeder.

Texan got it right,,if you don't have one of them,,you'll need to hook a bleeder hose to each caliper on the front and suck fluid down to it...that's what I had to do and it worked just fine..pumping the break will take you months..:eek:

[honda400exrider]

its the rear brake, i dont know if it makes a difference.....

and that spot where the parking brake block off goes, the lil rod thing is sticking out,, i dont know if that is a problem...

[honda400exrider]

like a half inch, does that matter?

[RytM1]

That pin is supposed to stick out, thats why there whould be a hole on the inside of your block-off. The pin is what pushes against the caliper piston when you activate the parking brake.

[400exRacerX]

I pumped my front brakes to bleed them when I got steel lines. It took roughly a hour and a coule beverages. lmao

[honda400exrider]

who might sell these pumper gun things?

[Bean]

i jus kinda sucked the fluid down with my mouth to start it, and then filled it up an pumped it till it was good

[chavez]

if you have some extra gas hose off your gas tank it will go right over your bleeder clear is better that fluid taste nasty

[RytM1]

Originally posted by honda400exrider
who might sell these pumper gun things?

They are called "MityVac". You can get them at most auto part stores. I bought one a few weeks ago when I installed my braided lines. It worked great for the rear brake, but it didn't help me too much with the fronts. After playing with it for almost as long a 400exRacerX did, I ended up running over to the dealer real quick and the mechanic had it done in less than 10 minutes. He only told me part of his secret, for job security purposes..LOL He said it wasn't so much the full lever travel "pumping" of the brake, but more of a rapid, short motion on the lever. (Can't say for sure though, I didn't watch him.)

[Castor-426ex]

Bean...lol i will never be THAT thirsty...lol

[chavez]

on the fronts you can go to you local pet store and buy a tee fitting for air lines to fish tank