Z1OwnersClub GB

Ok guys you know how it goes your bleeding a set of brakes
and there either a piece of cake as my rear brake was or as
in the case of me front ones more chance of flying to the moon
anyone got any little know about tricks for such a dilema

Mikey,

you've done the old 'put new brake lines and drain the system completely' trick haven't you.

As you've discovered you can pump forever and get nowhere (story of my life.....). The trick is to 'suck' fluid down to get something into the system to work with.

2 options -

1 either borrow the specialist tool which creates a vacuum and drags brake fluid down

2 get a long piece of clear plastic pipe and suck - you will note the word clear here - until you get fluid through. do for both calipers and then you should have enough in the system to bleed as normal.


HTH..............Chris

Oh and I'm sure others will be along shortly with better and more ingenious ideas on how to do this.

Cheers chris i thought of using a clear plastic pipe on the
nipple ooer mrs!!! and attach a syringe to it and suck it
through like that, guess ill suck it and see

When I had similar problems with my system one club member suggested loosening the banjos progressively downwards and pump the lever until fluid oozed out from the joint, then retighten moving on down the joints. I found this worked but you need to have rags handy to catch the leakage and plenty of fluid.

If once you clear the main bubbles out of the system and if it still seems a bit spongy try tying the lever back to the handlebar and leave overnight. Works wonders in removing any stubborn air.

Mikey Babes,...................
Undo calipers, raise em higher than master cylinder & bleed em, that way the air will rise & bleed out! Alternatively, lower lever/master cylinder!

Cheers guys plenty of ideas to choose from
let you know how it goes

Mmmmm ok think me Zeds having a laugh with me just
went out to the garage to have another go and with no
effort they bled up just fine???? stop you on a sixpence!!!
maybe not this is Zed brakes after all

Mikey try stopping it once the engines in ,you might find a difference

Yeah i know iain can remember a few heart stoping
moments from the days when i had a Z650 and Z750 twin