1 Newbie wants to say thank you to someone out there! Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:20 pm
johny brando
active member
Hi guys, I'm new here ...so please be gentle with me ! I the other day, prior to me being allowed to join in with Class , I read ( & cannot now find the post ?? ddrrr ) someone's reply about Brake fluid Micro -Bubble venting via the Master Cylinder by quick & successive continued tapping of the lever . Well, I was very interested but a little sceptical about this . I have, for some time now been wrestling with a spongy front brake lever on my Kawasaki Z1 & I have since ...in an attempt to rectify this ( ...to no avail ) by fitting new.......Stainless Steel Caliper pistons , new piston seals & boots, new S/steel brake line throughout, all new copper crush washers, 2 good quality master cylinder rebuild kits ( I thought I might had nipped one seal when fitting it...but I turned out that I didn't, though ! ) but no matter what I did I still had too much Lever travel !!! I even back bled the brakes up from the bleed nipples & ensured every part of the brake components had a means to release & vent trapped air during each bleeding process... cable tied the lever in a compressed state for days...but no matter how hard I tried the lever would within 48 hours returned to a state where it had too much travel !!!!!!!
Well, after reading a reply from someone here on the K100 forum about ensuring the Master cylinder is to be orientated to have its downstream vent hole positioned to be at the most elevated position possible... then to start the lever Tapping method to shift tiny trapped micro - bubbles I was inspired to rush to my workshop & give it a go !!!! After about 2 minutes of feverously tapping the lever so it bounced quickly in & out in about 10mm strokes well ..............micro bubbles started to appear, YAHOO !!! I continued until my arm nearly fell off & a lot of air in the form of tiny micro bubble exited .......i was dumbfounded by this absolutely BRILLIANT technique that you had introduced me to. My Lever was now feeling excellent . Prior to this event... I could not believe that much air could possibly still be lurking in my front brake system ! I DO NOT RECALL OR KNOW WHO YOU ARE THAT I SHOULD BE THANKING.... BUT SINCERELY, YOU'RE A LEGEND & I'M HUMBLY IN YOUR DEBT ! This is an Old Dog that's learn't a new trick....Woof Woof .
This was one of the driving factors for me to join this forum...........to say thank you for that ! Cheers, JohnyBrando
Well, after reading a reply from someone here on the K100 forum about ensuring the Master cylinder is to be orientated to have its downstream vent hole positioned to be at the most elevated position possible... then to start the lever Tapping method to shift tiny trapped micro - bubbles I was inspired to rush to my workshop & give it a go !!!! After about 2 minutes of feverously tapping the lever so it bounced quickly in & out in about 10mm strokes well ..............micro bubbles started to appear, YAHOO !!! I continued until my arm nearly fell off & a lot of air in the form of tiny micro bubble exited .......i was dumbfounded by this absolutely BRILLIANT technique that you had introduced me to. My Lever was now feeling excellent . Prior to this event... I could not believe that much air could possibly still be lurking in my front brake system ! I DO NOT RECALL OR KNOW WHO YOU ARE THAT I SHOULD BE THANKING.... BUT SINCERELY, YOU'RE A LEGEND & I'M HUMBLY IN YOUR DEBT ! This is an Old Dog that's learn't a new trick....Woof Woof .
This was one of the driving factors for me to join this forum...........to say thank you for that ! Cheers, JohnyBrando