Rear Brake bleeding
 

Replaced the old rubber brake lines on the 916 with some nice Goodridge lines, that was the easy part.
How the hell do you bleed the back brake, I must of pumped that back brake for about half an hour, but all I got out was a dribble of black liquid.
I used a special brake bleed kit, loosened the bleed nipple and pumped...not a bloody sausage.
So at the moment I have no back brake...dont use it that much, but need it for Mot`s and the occasional late braking blunder.
Any ideas lads and lasses....:puzzled:

take the caliper off and put it on top of the disc so your bleed nipple is pointing straight up and bleed away, SIMPLE. :cool:

Chuck it in the bin.

:D

Thanks, but how does that work....:puzzled:

Take it, the cylinders and the lever and chuck them in the bin.

Job done.

It will increase performance! ;)

Trust me mate my way is the best way doing it the way I suggest will give you a solid pedal, but bare in mind rear brakes on a ducati= Handbrake on a canooe! fecking useless

Yep...you have to take the caliper off to get a proper job done with the rear...just down to its positioning in relation to the m/c I think.

Thanks for the advise....a minor problem on an otherwise fantastic bike....:roll:

By taking the rear caliper off and bleeding it at the top of the disc, the bleed nipple is uppermost and so lets all the air out. If you leave it in the stock position, the air stays in the caliper and the new fluid just runs out of the bleed nipple.

Thanks Neil....:D

Also, when you take the cap off the fluid reservoir, remember to take the rubber diaphragm out of the reservoir as well or you'll just pour new fluid on to the top of the diaphragm and it'll never pump through.

Easy mistake to make....just don't ask me how I know [embarassed smiley]

:lol::lol::lol::frog:

Nice one jools.. funny but still good advise...:lol:

Pulling the fluid through with a syringe never fails to start the bleeding process for me. Once the fluids flowing I've never had a problem bleeding with a one man bleed kit.

Its a sh*te job.

These make it slightly easier, delivered from the US in under a week

http://www.speedbleeder.com/

I did mine the other day,and I'm a complete mechanical numpty. I use a Mityvac, and take the calliper off, and hook it over the LHS pillion footrest, which gets it nice and high. Pump away a few times with the Mityvac, and put fresh fluid in, then finally do it a few times the "traditional" way, by pumping the pedal. Mine's solid now.