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CB400 - Front Brake Bleeding.

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mike the bike:
I didn't know any of that.  Thanks for sharing.   I'm now older and wiser than I was yesterday.

ogri211:
I bought a gunson easybleed like what you used to use in the 70s and I have drilled a few spare caps to fit various bikes. It works all the time with no mess, its just a bottle with fluid it is pressured with a hose which has a toggle the same as a foot pumpthat you put on the valve of a spare wheel with about 20 psi in it, another hose which goes to the bottom of the bottle so it is in the fluid with the other end fitted to your cap which you have drilled. you just pressurise the system put a bit of tube over the bleed nipple and crack it open it forces all the air and dirty fluid out, close the nipple, disconnect the pipe from the spare wheel or whatever you used and refit your original cap. It is also good for replacing old fluid .

Integra99:

Very interesting ... yes big bubbles in the resevoir that push fluid out of the res , I think I was pulling the lever too much!

Its getting much better now.. almost a hard lever.

ogri211:
try putting a cable tie round the lever with it pulled tight and leave it overnight sometimes this lets the bubbles find their way up the pipe.

Integra99:
Actually Ogri I ended up doing that and was much better... thanks all we got there in the end, just some persistence and I learned something thanks!

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