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I can admit that I was getting my butt kicked trying to bleed my front brake. Beyond a shadow of a doubt…. Once I saw this video and followed Slavens “flicking” procedure, it fixed my problem. One thing I did while flicking the front brake lever, was I tilted my bike to get the brake hose lower than the master cylinder, while flicking the lever and turning the steering wheel, and even wiggling the brake hose… But I had a boat load of air in that line. This works… period…………. Hope your picking up what I am putting down with alot of …………………. I highly recommend this if you are bleeding KTM front brakes.
Be sure when back bleeding, using the syringe, that there is no pressure on the lever at all. I was trying to bleed my clutch and it wouldn't let fluid push up into the master until the lever adjustment was backed all the way off. Took me hours to figure it out.
Finally someone that actually took the time to explain properly. most videos on bleeding are hopeless. I had trouble bleeding mine sitting the pumping for an hour doing what most was saying and still had crap brakes. This video has helped me a lot thankyou.
Good tips as always, Jeff! When "back bleeding" I squat down and use my knee to push the caliper in while holding both sides of the front wheel to steady it. I can even do this with shorts on when I br just doing maintenance and discover (when I roll it out of the trailer!) that I have no front brakes from siting for a long time. This also allows me with my old eyes to see the caliper compressing the pistons better, since my eyes are now closer to the action. My current two KTMs (300 XCW and 500 EXC) sometimes will have ZERO brakes after sitting for a few months idle. All of my buddies KTMs do the same, maybe the Florida heat somehow airlocks the front brake master cylinder, never happens to the rear. After backbleeding the brake is solid and strong! Also, you might remind viewers to replace the fluid if it has age on it as you have said in some of your other great videos. Love all of your research and testing Jeff.
No front brake after sitting for long idle periods occurs on my 2012, 2013, and 2007 KTMs. To prevent this from happening, zip tie the front brake lever in to the handlebar after parking the bike. When you want to ride it next time, cut the zip tie and you'll have rock solid front brakes.
Thanks for the video! I’ve been intimidated by the discussion of bleeding my brakes (on MTB too) but now that I see it, maybe not so bad! Appreciate it.
SRAMs are actually harder to do than Brembos because you need to pull a vaccum on both the caliper and master cylinder. Having the proper 'two-syringe' kit is essential. Neither is that difficult though.
Thanks for the great video, Jeff. Do you have any comments on the efficacy of back bleeding brakes, like you've done in this video, versus a conventional top down bleed, performed either manually (pull lever, then crack & close bleed nipple/valve, repeat) or using a Mityvac or Motion Pro Mini Bleeder?
Thanks Jeff! I have been using Motul 660 for a year now on my 2 bikes (Brembo). I noticed the caps bladders are starting to swell. Can Motul 660 affect rubber?
Do you recommend to keep overnight the brake lever in full brake position (with an elastic band) to ensure micro bubbles exit the system through the open reservoir?
