April 21, 201214 yr hi. any of you lads know where i can get a big syringe on a sunday? my bike seems to have developed a spongy or near enough not working rear brake (unusual?) no external leaks and the reservoir was full so im not sure how air has got in there?
April 21, 201214 yr chemists shop?..there is usually noe open for prescriptions in a town..I got mine from a chemists.
April 21, 201214 yr Got mine from an equine shop...they use em for doping horses . Paid the astonimical sum of £1.95. I tried chemists but with no luck
April 21, 201214 yr Most big stores that sell kitchen supplies have them. Used for injecting flavors into turkeys, etc.
April 22, 201214 yr think it held about 50 mls if i remember correctly, and yes zoars is open sundays Edited April 22, 201214 yr by BENSPEED888
April 22, 201214 yr Author ive got a gunsons eezi bleed kit now guys ill give that a go first. i forgot i had it to be honest. cheers for the help and offers of a lend tho
April 22, 201214 yr Author hi, i done this job an hour ago and it worked like a champ. i took the reservoir off and joined the pipes up and bled it from the bleed nipple. i used air pressure from the front tyre of the bike. you can also use this to bleed it backwards by connecting to the bleed nipple if u wish. here it is for anybody interested : http://www.gunson.co.uk/item.aspx?cat=674&item=1818 they are cheaper than that in halfords, i got mine there years ago
May 5, 201214 yr Author UPDATE on this. No rear brake pressure again... and the bike has not been used since my previous post. kitted up earlier this afternoon to go for a ride and nearly wrote my bike (and myself) off into my garden gates on my way out. i was fed up then so i stripped everything down and found the bleed nipple on the rear caliper not sealing. on removal of the nipple i found that the previous owner or garage that has done work on it has stripped the aluminium threads out of the caliper by overtightening the nipple, and they then inserted a heli-coil into the caliper to try and repair it.. well it didnt. i managed to find a bigger bleed nipple in my box of bits, so im gonna drill it out tomorrow and re-tap a new thread in the caliper if it dont work then its new caliper time. balls.
May 9, 201214 yr Bad luck on that one - does the Gunson kit have a cap that replaces your lid on the master cylinder?? never used one and dont want to buy one that doesn't fit my M/C
May 9, 201214 yr Author i had a stroke of good luck to be honest. i managed to fit a new bleed nipple and all seems ok so far. i didnt bother updating as it looked to me like people werent reading. to answer your question, no i have not got a cap that fits. either remove the cap from the eezibleed and connect it to the bleed nipple on the bike to bleed it backwards, or take the pipe off the little reservoir on the bike and join them up then crack the bleed nipple open. it works so good ill never do it any other way now.
May 9, 201214 yr Author oh and while its pressure bleeding, you give the brake lever a cheeky little pump aswell. but only depress the pedal half of its maximum travel, or three quarters at most. never fully down, the seals dont like it
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