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Needing to bleed my front brakes and planning on bleeding my clutch fluid at the same time. . .


Anyone bored enough to come help?

Doesn't have to be tonight, could do it tomorrow. . .


It's much easier with 2 people

Come to Stoney tomorrow afternoon at about 2pm and I will help you. Dont have a clue what I'm doing, but will help out if I can.

Akrapovic wrote:Dont have a clue what I'm doing

That would make 2 of us

You sure you wanna waste a couple hours of perfect sunshine dude?

Got a telephone engineer arriving tomorrow at 2 to do some work so will just be hanging about the house anyway.

If you are in Aberfreeze, bring it round and I will do it for you tonight / tomorrow. <10 minute job.

missile wrote:If you are in Aberfreeze, bring it round and I will do it for you tonight / tomorrow. <10 minute job.

<10 minute job??

Are you trying to make me feel like a complete retard?

I've bled brakes before but it took me a hell of alot longer than 10 minutes

A hail Bob, the brake bleeding fiend

Took me about 6 hours in total 5and 40 mins hours the first attempt,then i bought a break bleader a.nd it took about 20 mins the second attempt .

I was only trying to help

Pfft. Don't ask me for help then.....

Like I have a clue what to do!

missile wrote:I was only trying to help

I know dude, just can't get my head around your speed!

Well practiced me thinks

Cheers for the offer dude, think I wanna give it a go, but you may well get a PM tomorrow if I manage to royally screw it up

BreadMurderer wrote:Pfft. Don't ask me for help then.....

Like I have a clue what to do!

You can easily lend a hand if your free?

We're both poo, but together we're almost a half decent mechanic

Working at 6 but have no real plans apart from sitting on me arse. Let me know what you end up doing.

Take your time as the clutch on the VTR can be a bitch to bleed!

I would recommend cleaning your caliper pistons at the same time. If your brakes are feeling spongy then that will be the most likely cause, especially if the brake fluid is still pretty clear.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) wrote:especially if the brake fluid is still pretty clear.

I had a stupid woolly thing over the reservoir, it hadn't been checked in a while, it's certainly not clear!

I'll get it sorted tomorrow though. . .

Should I be looking to source a brake bleeding kit for the clutch side or is it possible without it?

Rowan

RK6 wrote:

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) ( Super Nanny ) wrote:especially if the brake fluid is still pretty clear.

I had a stupid woolly thing over the reservoir, it hadn't been checked in a while, it's certainly not clear!

I'll get it sorted tomorrow though. . .

Should I be looking to source a brake bleeding kit for the clutch side or is it possible without it?

Rowan

As far as brake bleeding kit goes all you need is a milk bottle or clear jar and a small lenght of clear tubing from B&Q that will fit onto a bleed nipple. You dip one end of the tube into the bottle & pour in some brake fluid into the bottom to cover the end of the tube. That should help prevent air being sucked back in.

If you want to wait till the weekend you can bring your bike round here and I'll talk you through it and show you how to clean up your calipers at the same time.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

you sorted min? I can offer my services, we can sit n get pished in the garage and see how we get on

I need to replace the brake fluids in Adolf too so we can kill two bikes with one bottle of Vodka?!!

Plan

Lynners wrote:you sorted min? I can offer my services, we can sit n get pished in the garage and see how we get on

I need to replace the brake fluids in Adolf too so we can kill two bikes with one bottle of Vodka?!!

Plan

WARNING working on bikes wilst pished can result in the following:



You have been warned

blackstorm wrote:

Lynners wrote:you sorted min? I can offer my services, we can sit n get pished in the garage and see how we get on

I need to replace the brake fluids in Adolf too so we can kill two bikes with one bottle of Vodka?!!

Plan

WARNING working on bikes wilst pished can result in the following:



You have been warned

What a dude

ROWAN

Dont go buying any tubing! Still have meters and meters of fish tank tubing that will do the trick no bother!

Angel By Name wrote:ROWAN

Dont go buying any tubing! Still have meters and meters of fish tank tubing that will do the trick no bother!

shizzle, never thought of that. . . Got it sorted last night and bled the brakes today!

Turned out to be easier and involve less fluid than I anticipated

Thanks anyway Angie

You can do Adolf's when you're bored one night

Lynners wrote:You can do Adolf's when you're bored one night

Lazy cnut!

Buy me a beer and im yours

RK6 wrote:Buy me a beer and im yours

You will never know the control I summoned up to not post my first thought when I read that!!!

The Rossi Kid wrote:

RK6 wrote:Buy me a beer and im yours

You will never know the control I summoned up to not post my first thought when I read that!!!

Didn't come out quite right, did it

Meh, sure she knows roughly what I meant. . . Regardless, Lynne'll be half cut by now anyway so all is good!

RK6 wrote:
Meh, sure she knows roughly what I meant. . . Regardless, Lynne'll be half cut by now anyway so all is good!

Sharaboooooooo sherabeeeee

On the haard stuf tonight....Vodka an ice, less fattnening

Blue lab el smeernooof is so delish

Lynners wrote:

RK6 wrote:
Meh, sure she knows roughly what I meant. . . Regardless, Lynne'll be half cut by now anyway so all is good!

Sharaboooooooo sherabeeeee

On the haard stuf tonight....Vodka an ice, less fattnening

Blue lab el smeernooof is so delish

@ TRK. . .See?