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I fit new nipples... they are only a quid or so each...
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it would have been something that never occurred to me to do. except I am refurbishing calipers. any other time, I have left it in the hands of a mechanic.
but something I noticed when checking my rears, is the crustiness of the piston. if that was to reach the seal, it would mean it could be fluid tight, but maybe not air tight?
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yep... Just refurbed my 190 calipers and new seals and pistons were part of that...getting the bellow seal/dust seal in right and having some hydraulic grease behind it to jeep joss out is a must...
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Just been reading this thread for the first time and would make a couple of observations:-
I had one corroded pipe to the rear on my 75 fail when the ABS was invoked and ended up with no brakes at all, which shouldn't happen as its a split system . Also on a BMW bike with ABS I relate the following:- I had a near catastrophic situation with the ABS on my BMW motorbike and would recommend doing a full fluid change including the modulator . Normal brakes split front and rear , not combined. Front brake lever worked firmly and excellent braking . I had previously changed the fluid when replacing the brake pads, with clear fresh fluid flushed all through. When I was selling the bike a potential purchaser asked if the ABS actually worked. Although all the start up light check had always gone through without a fault. I had never invoked it on the road. I went out and tried it, braked hard and as soon as ABS operated, lever came straight back to the bars and braking effort dropped to virtually nothing. I re-bled the brake and it was full of dirty fluid and air. I cleared it out, invoked the ABS again , two or three times and re-bled until all clear fluid, and the brakes were again solid both with or without ABS invoked. I believe over 12 years the main fluid had been changed but not in the modulator . I am aware there are all different variations employed by different companies but these two issues makes me believe ordinary bleeding without exercising the ABS modulator can leave air /or dirty fluid in the system |
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Appologies for not reading this whole thread through, but one thing I am really carefull of when bleeding brakes - I never pump the pedal fully, the reason being that the master cylinder lower section is never swept by the piston - even in an emmergency stop the pedal rarely goes lower than half way. If you bleed in the time-honoured way, its likey that this action will at least contaminate the seals with rust, at worst wipe it out. Result- new MC required.
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I fitted a new (copper) front brake pipe without doing any bleeding.
Method - check unions at both ends will undo without difficulty position new pipe alongside one to be replaced undo old pipe from ABS actuator and fit new disconnect old pipe from flexy to caliper wait until brake fluid drips from end of new pipe, then connect to flexy finally remove old pipe and fit new on into clips. I now have the other side to do by a modification of the above method because the pipe connection to the flexy is seized. I'll have to remove the flexy from the caliper to remove the seized union, but when refitted. back-fill it with fluid by pushing back the caliper piston. The pipe will need to be cut of course, but will be squeezed up to stop fluid loss. |
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I need to replace the ABS modulator on one of my 190's. Where you able to confirm using the T4 that this vacuum method is suitable to bleed both circuits in the modulator please, or is it still necessary to use the T4 when fitting a new modulator? Many thanks. Ben. Last edited by Typhoon190; 19th September 2019 at 23:15.. |
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Remember 99% of garages don't have a T4 so think how many operations are done without!! Now this will shock the motor industry : The bicycle industry bleed their hydraulic systems from slave end & we've done the same with our electric bicycles ! It works fantastically and much quicker. If you think about it air bubbles naturally want to rise, so inserting fluid from the lowest point makes perfect sense. Firstly though give a few pumps in traditional manner to drain the dirty fluid from each slave so as not to be pumping contaminated fluid back up the system into the master. Works great we've done it on our own cars and have solid pedals. You have to have 2 syringes, one for inserting fluid at slave and another for extracting fluid at the master so it doesn't overflow. Enjoy watching the air bubbles end up at top of the master where they should be
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