Change Your Brake Fluid

[Mittzy]

Are there any complications to doing this to an ABS system?
Special techniques / tools etc.

 

[Mittzy]

Never mind I found an interesting post.

 

[STRIPES]

Anybody have any experience with the ABS? The last time I rode my 2011 Roadster, the rear brake is almost non-existent. I haven't had the opportunity to look at it and want a head start when I get time to fix it.

 

[mexican]

What are the steps from start to finish on replacing the brake fluid? where do i start??? where do i finish??

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

I usually start with the front wheel and finish with the back wheel because the front wheel always seams to get there first.

 

[mexican]

How do you get the fluid out

 

[Tripps]

A straw, but spit it out, try not to swallow too much.

 

[Jeff Cameron]

To change the brake fluid just take a piece of vacuum tubing and place it over the bleeder screw on the caliper. Put the other end in a clear glass jar. Crack open the bleeder screw and then apply the brake....It will go all the way to the handlebar. Hold the brake lever in and tighten the bleeder screw. You can now release the brake level...pump it up until the lever is firm again and hold it in....crack the bleeder screw...repeat the steps. Keep an eye on the fluid level in the master cylinder.....don't let it go too low or you will suck air into the system. Keep topping up the master cylinder with new brake fluid. Once you have flushed out all the old fluid your system will be filled with clean new brake fluid. Often you can tel when you have all the old brake fluid out is the color of the fluid coming out the tubing is clearer than the stuff that was coming out when you started. They also sell a tool called a vacuum pump that makes the process faster/easier.

 

[peter k]

In the manual it says to remove each caliper ,place 2mm piece of metat between pads , pull on lever to tighten pads , then place tube over bleeder and loosen bleeder ,whilst pulling lever in and out from handle bar .the fluid will drain into container .make sure fluid does not get to low as you will get air into the system and the process takes longer as you then have to continue until all air is removed .when old fluid and air is removed pull lever towards handle bar and hold . Then tighten bleeder .this process is easier with two people

 

[CanberraR3]

Sometimes manuals suck, don't they? They just don't want you try doing things yourself. I can't see any advantage in removing the calipers and substituting the disc for a piece of metal the same thickness. I'd just follow Jeff Cameron's steps..