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Old 02-27-2004, 05:18 PM
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Help again with my front brakes

I put the brake line back on after I replaced the forks and they're are LOW! what did I do wrong??? would bleeding them fix this if so how do I go about bleeding them??

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Old 02-27-2004, 05:42 PM
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Re: Help again with my front brakes

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I put the brake line back on after I replaced the forks and they're are LOW! what did I do wrong??? would bleeding them fix this if so how do I go about bleeding them??

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you mean your brake lever feels spongey?
if so you'll need to buy a bottle of brake fluid....... get a brake bleeder and start bleeding the brakes..... on the caliper there is a blake bleeder valve..... you can loosen it (just loosen dont screw off) and put your brake bleeder tube on there and start pumpin..... do it for each side and make sure your resovior is always full because it will drain down pretty quickly.... it should be a 2 man job but its possible w/ 1 man......i usually just keep going till the bottle is empty........ tight the bleeder valve and pump the brakes...... should be betta.
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Re: Help again with my front brakes

I mean it hardly brakes at all, do I do the same thing about that?
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Re: Help again with my front brakes

yes you need to bleed them, you have air in the lines. Air compresses easily which will act *** a travel dampner
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bleed Those Brakes!!!!!!bleed Em Like Theres No Tomarrow!!!!!!those Dirty Brakes!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahaha
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brakes got back to normal on their own
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Old 02-29-2004, 07:39 PM
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the pads were pushed apart or something of the sorts....air might have floated up
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Re: Help again with my front brakes

Probably, but thanks to all of you for your help, I know I can always count on the SL family.
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