ghetto_d
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Looking for advice
This winter, I removed all brake components from my genII. Started out as just a disassembly/cleaning/replacing fluid, but I ended up replacing levers, rearsets, lines. Cleaned up rotors, calipers. After tons of bleeding, I couldn't get the rear brake to stop dragging, nor firm up. At this point, I have also rebuilt the rear caliper and master cylinder, in an effort to eliminate the rear brake drag. Fronts gave me no real hassle, and are done.
Currently, the rear is still dragging, causing a hot rotor within a ten minute stroll (with NO use of the brake). If I do use brake, brake pedal is too soft to do more than slightly slow the bike.
Sounds like air isn't allowing the piston to retract fully, right?
After using a mityvac to draw fluid through the ccomponents, I bled at master cylinder, and both points on caliper (line inlet & bleeder). Been resorting to pushing fluid out via pedal pressure, as I just had 2nd mityvac fail on me. Have tapped on components to move bubbles. Have put several reservoirs of fluid through system. And here we are...
WTF! ANY IDEAS??
Looking for advice
This winter, I removed all brake components from my genII. Started out as just a disassembly/cleaning/replacing fluid, but I ended up replacing levers, rearsets, lines. Cleaned up rotors, calipers. After tons of bleeding, I couldn't get the rear brake to stop dragging, nor firm up. At this point, I have also rebuilt the rear caliper and master cylinder, in an effort to eliminate the rear brake drag. Fronts gave me no real hassle, and are done.
Currently, the rear is still dragging, causing a hot rotor within a ten minute stroll (with NO use of the brake). If I do use brake, brake pedal is too soft to do more than slightly slow the bike.
Sounds like air isn't allowing the piston to retract fully, right?
After using a mityvac to draw fluid through the ccomponents, I bled at master cylinder, and both points on caliper (line inlet & bleeder). Been resorting to pushing fluid out via pedal pressure, as I just had 2nd mityvac fail on me. Have tapped on components to move bubbles. Have put several reservoirs of fluid through system. And here we are...
WTF! ANY IDEAS??