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Rev 3 Front Brake

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Hi

I was out on bike last week and front brake felt a bit soft lever was pulling about two thirds back I had very worm pads and changed them now the lever pulls back to the bars I have tried bleeding but no change don't know what else to try and help would be great

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Thanks for reply so the problem is still just air in the system will have to find a big syringe and try that

Oh! the joys of recalcitrant hydraulics.

 

It is probably air in system or it could be your caliper pistons moving back and forth by flexing the seals rather than sliding through them, try to look to see if this is the case.  Tilt the bars so the hose slopes up all the way to the master cylinder. gently work the brake lever and see if little bubbles rise from the fill port in the master cylinder. Sometimes holding the lever back to the bars and pouring boiling water over caliper helps.

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I have managed to get a lever now brake works well so thanks for pointers but now when I pushed bike into shed the front brake is sticking a bit I can see pistons in outside haven't gone all the way in I pushed them back with my thumbs when changing pads so thought they were OK could thus still be air trapped

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hi guys on going problem I got the front brake working but now it has very little power as in if I am sliding down a muddy hill I cant control my speed with the front brake and it definitely hasn't got the power for me to do a nose wheelie sometimes the brake feels ok but still is low on power and other times the brake is very soft feeling the pistons are moving freely and brake is working but very weak any help on this would be great  

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