Re: FZR 400 Front Brakes Severely Binding?
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:42 am
Sorry for the late reply,
Evilchicken, thanks i have put them in my watching i will probably have a bid on them..
dobbslc, thanks i will have a look when i have a minute later on!
Indiana Jones, Great advice never really thought of that, but it makes sence and i tried it..
After bleeding it all and its still binding as bad, i have tried my best to look for clues to bring back hear to see what you all thought.. Well there are about 3 or 4 pistons that go in and out "ish" on the pull/release of the lever but the others seem to do neither, just stuck to the pad. So i am thinking possibly the pistons and seals need replacing maybe? Which is strange considering they flow in and out by hand when the pads are out very easily, and are in great nic, so i don't know why they could be sticky
One other thing i noticed when bleeding the brakes, i bleed them through for a good half hour to make sure i removed every bit of air to which i though i had, but are still really spongey. So then i thought i would bleed the M/C by pushing fluid back up from the calipers (with my lungs through the bleed pipe ) which is probably a very stupid thing to do
i couldn't push it back up at all with the lever both on and off which might be obvious with the ridiculous method i used? I expect that it needs a surring to force it back up or is it that my master cyclinder is actually the real problem and is stoping the fluid to return back on the release of the lever to pull the pistons back in properly?
Sorry to be a pain everyone..
Thanks
Evilchicken, thanks i have put them in my watching i will probably have a bid on them..
dobbslc, thanks i will have a look when i have a minute later on!
Indiana Jones, Great advice never really thought of that, but it makes sence and i tried it..
After bleeding it all and its still binding as bad, i have tried my best to look for clues to bring back hear to see what you all thought.. Well there are about 3 or 4 pistons that go in and out "ish" on the pull/release of the lever but the others seem to do neither, just stuck to the pad. So i am thinking possibly the pistons and seals need replacing maybe? Which is strange considering they flow in and out by hand when the pads are out very easily, and are in great nic, so i don't know why they could be sticky


Sorry to be a pain everyone..
Thanks