Youngblood
05-09-2009, 12:07 PM
Hey fellas, recently I bled my front and rear brakes. I have an 05 400EX that I just purchased and she still had the stock brake fluid in so I figured It was time to change. I have one bleeder screw on the front master cyliner side caliper and the rear that seems to have a minute leak. If I zip tie the front brake lever down and the rear lever after an hour or so my rubber caps have a little wetness on the bottom of them when I pull them off. No fluid seems to be coming from out of the bleeder port itself but from around the threads. But when I pull the rubber caps off and wipe the bleeders dry and let them sit without the caps they seem to be dry after I check them again. The qaud has only 10-15hrs on it so the fluid is original and the bleeder screws seemed super tight when I first cracked them open to bleed the lines. Do you think that being that they've never been touched in 5 years crap could've built up on the sealing surface of the bleeder causing a small leak? Also how tight do they have to be, I'm afraid of stripping the bleeder out of the caliper if I go any tighter. Thanks
Joe
Joe