OAP Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hi Folks Just upgraded with some new levers HS33 long (05) and put in a trial tech hose splitter. Re-bled the system twice with a water & antifreeze mix. I used more antifreeze than in the past and my brake feels spongey. Is it possible to use too much anti freeze? any one experienced a similar problem? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I've done a pretty much neat anti-freeze bleed before and it wasn't spongey at all. May just need to bleed it again - it can be tricky getting all the air out of the system at first once you've fitted a splitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAP Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I've done a pretty much neat anti-freeze bleed before and it wasn't spongey at all. May just need to bleed it again - it can be tricky getting all the air out of the system at first once you've fitted a splitter. Thanks Mark. I was puzzling over that yesterday when bleeding the system. I did a bath bleed, drawing the liquid through with a syringe (also submerged). I couldn't get my head around any other way of doing it. I removed both blanking bolts from the slaves, then put one back in and drew more liquid through. I tried this because i was wondering how to avoid just drawing liquid from the opposite slave. Or i could just be being thick...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Thanks Mark. I was puzzling over that yesterday when bleeding the system. I did a bath bleed, drawing the liquid through with a syringe (also submerged). I couldn't get my head around any other way of doing it. I removed both blanking bolts from the slaves, then put one back in and drew more liquid through. I tried this because i was wondering how to avoid just drawing liquid from the opposite slave. Or i could just be being thick...! Have you used the link in Revolvers sig? It's the simplest, most fool proof way of going about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Best way is to treat it as 2 separate bleeds - bleed one side first (although you only have to bleed ~20cm of hose, rather than the whole brake), cap it off. Open the other side, bleed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OAP Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Cheers all. Adam thanks for the tip, i will try that this evening. JD, thanks. Yeh i normally bleed my brakes as per revolvers guide. It is great but, it's not too easy to cover the bleed holes with rubber gloves on. I use gloves because my a mate of mine who is a mechanic recommended i don't stand for ten minuets with my hands in a bath of antifreeze. So i submerge the whole lot including a wide bore syringe and draw the fluid through, then remove and replace everything while it's all still submerged. I'm guessing from Mark and Adams advise that it's the new splitter (and levers) that are giving me grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 It's not so much the splitter itself, it's just having to try and get fluid to go where you want it to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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