ollie55573 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 hi im ollie and on my stock my rear maggie needs a rebleed but the thing is i havent been riding long and have no clue how to bleed my brakes so help would much aprechiated also im lookin for more riders in st austell so if near give me a messagethanks x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 hello i always bleed from rim end up to lever and if using splitter i bleed it normal then re bleed the other side . make sure you have lever wound out all the way before bleeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie55573 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 hello i always bleed from rim end up to lever and if using splitter i bleed it normal then re bleed the other side . make sure you have lever wound out all the way before bleedingok so i put the tpa right out and take out the bolts in leaver and both bolts from the maggie right then i clear out the shit and rebleed it with water in a bowl but do i ave to each side seperate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 hi im ollie and on my stock my rear maggie needs a rebleed but the thing is i havent been riding long and have no clue how to bleed my brakes so help would much aprechiated also im lookin for more riders in st austell so if near give me a messagethanks xThe most straight forward way is to water bleed your brakes in a bucket or sink. This will take out the mineral oil and change it for water. The brake might not last quite as long as with mineral oil, but we are still talking years! I bled mine with water in 06 and its still absolutely fine and gives a nicer fee.Take the brake off of the bike and submerse the master cylinder (the lever) and the slave cylinders. Undo the bleed bolt on the lever, and one of the bleed bolts on one of the slave cylinders. While everything is still under water put your finger over the bleed hole in the lever and pull the brake lever, then take the finger off of the bleed hole and let go of the brake lever. Repeat this process until you have flushed out all of the oil and replaced it with water. Now do up the slave cylinder bleed bolt, and undo the slave cylinder bleed bolt on the other slave cylinder as you run a splitter. Repeat the process, then put the bleed bolt back in that cylinder and remove the bleed bolt from the other cylinder and repeat again. Do this a couple of times so that you are sure that all of the oil is out. Then do all of the bleed bolts back up and your done. Just make sure that the bucket or sink is nice and full and everything stays underwater. Good luck dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 The most straight forward way is to water bleed your brakes in a bucket or sink. This will take out the mineral oil and change it for water. The brake might not last quite as long as with mineral oil, but we are still talking years! I bled mine with water in 06 and its still absolutely fine and gives a nicer fee.Take the brake off of the bike and submerse the master cylinder (the lever) and the slave cylinders. Undo the bleed bolt on the lever, and one of the bleed bolts on one of the slave cylinders. While everything is still under water put your finger over the bleed hole in the lever and pull the brake lever, then take the finger off of the bleed hole and let go of the brake lever. Repeat this process until you have flushed out all of the oil and replaced it with water. Now do up the slave cylinder bleed bolt, and undo the slave cylinder bleed bolt on the other slave cylinder as you run a splitter. Repeat the process, then put the bleed bolt back in that cylinder and remove the bleed bolt from the other cylinder and repeat again. Do this a couple of times so that you are sure that all of the oil is out. Then do all of the bleed bolts back up and your done. Just make sure that the bucket or sink is nice and full and everything stays underwater. Good luck dude!if you dont have a bleed kit do the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie55573 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 The most straight forward way is to water bleed your brakes in a bucket or sink. This will take out the mineral oil and change it for water. The brake might not last quite as long as with mineral oil, but we are still talking years! I bled mine with water in 06 and its still absolutely fine and gives a nicer fee.Take the brake off of the bike and submerse the master cylinder (the lever) and the slave cylinders. Undo the bleed bolt on the lever, and one of the bleed bolts on one of the slave cylinders. While everything is still under water put your finger over the bleed hole in the lever and pull the brake lever, then take the finger off of the bleed hole and let go of the brake lever. Repeat this process until you have flushed out all of the oil and replaced it with water. Now do up the slave cylinder bleed bolt, and undo the slave cylinder bleed bolt on the other slave cylinder as you run a splitter. Repeat the process, then put the bleed bolt back in that cylinder and remove the bleed bolt from the other cylinder and repeat again. Do this a couple of times so that you are sure that all of the oil is out. Then do all of the bleed bolts back up and your done. Just make sure that the bucket or sink is nice and full and everything stays underwater. Good luck dude!i will try it but when i do this action nothin happens so i will try again thanks anyway though mate still very good advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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