[lazyeye]

I'm having a hell of a time bleeding my front brakes. Bike is a 2006 CBR600RR. It doesn't have a master cylinder bleeder, just the bleeders on the calipers.
I'm following the steps:
pump
crack open bleeder with vacuum attached
pump and hold lever
close bleeder
repeat
... and getting nowhere. The lever is still really squishy and doesn't feel like it engages until halfway through the pull. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Gotama]

have you tried the old method
crack open bleeder
squeeze lever , and hold it
close bleeder
or like andy has pointed out

Pump lever,
Keep squeezing lever,
Open bleeder,
Close bleeder,
Rinse and repeat?

 

[lazyeye]

That's what I was doing. I used a different word to describe it.

 

[Deven]

try gravity bleeding it

 

[Andy Capp]

have you tried the old method
crack open bleeder
squeeze lever , and hold it
close bleeder

Don't you mean;

Pump lever,
Keep squeezing lever,
Open bleeder,
Close bleeder,
Rinse and repeat?

If you are having real problems remove the whole system, without breaking into it, and hang it over night. Callipers up. Air goes up. Bleed in the morning.

 

[Real Fast Travis]

I'm having a hell of a time bleeding my front brakes. Bike is a 2006 CBR600RR. It doesn't have a master cylinder bleeder, just the bleeders on the calipers.
I'm following the steps:
pump
crack open bleeder with vacuum attached
pump and hold lever
close bleeder
repeat
... and getting nowhere. The lever is still really squishy and doesn't feel like it engages until halfway through the pull. What am I doing wrong?

have you tried the old method
crack open bleeder
squeeze lever , and hold it
close bleeder

I've never heard of either of these methods. :scratchea



But I have had great success doing this way.
vvvvvvvvv

Don't you mean;

Pump lever,
Keep squeezing lever,
Open bleeder,
Close bleeder,
Rinse and repeat?

8)

Also, never let the reservoir get too low, or run out of fluid.

 

[take risks]

Some brake systems do not respond well to MityVac type bleeders. In my case I found out that it was drawing air through the bleeder screws. It tooks me a long time to figure this out. Try doing it old school, without the vacuum bleeder.

 

[Gotama]

Don't you mean;

Pump lever,
Keep squeezing lever,
Open bleeder,
Close bleeder,
Rinse and repeat?

If you are having real problems remove the whole system, without breaking into it, and hang it over night. Callipers up. Air goes up. Bleed in the morning.

same freeking thing
chip chip cheerio

 

[Jsomerville]

I just installed a set of speed bleeders on mine, made the job a snap

 

[PeteN95]

You can bleed the MC by just barely cracking the banjo bolt loose and then re-tightening as though it were a bleeder valve. This will sometimes get that little bit of air at the MC.

 

[lazyeye]

With a little help from my friends I was able to get the last couple bubbles out. Thanks all.