Rawnold Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 What's up fellas, As soon of you know I have a 03 banshee I purchased used some months back. Since I got the quad the rear brake was not working and the front were hanging by a thread. Past couple of days I've been working with the brakes since some parts finally got delivered. Now I've bled the rear brakes and they appear to be working, only issue is not working well enough. In order for the brake to actually hold the bike I have to press the pedal all the way to the bottom. Even with the pedal bottomed out I can still move the bike with enough pressure. Needless to say, when the quads in motion this feels almost as if the brakes aren't working. Could this be an air pocket in my lines/cylinder? I have bled the brakes several times and all that comes out is squirts no bubbles. Or is this something else? NEW BRAKE PADS, NEW MASTER CYLINDER, & NEW BRAKE LINE. Front brakes will be coming soon, I have to buy bleeder valves for the calipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chukkinsod Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 try bleeding the master first.....I found if you have an air pocket between the res and the master cyl you will fight this for hours. Easy way disconnect the brake line from master cyl at banjo. put your thumb over the hole and press down on the peddle with your other hand. KEEP THE RES FULL!!! once all the air out of the master....connect line and do std brake bleed procedure. Sounds like line still has air in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZillaFreak Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 If fully bleed, you still using OEM hose? Could have a blown line that has a bubble forming. Might need better lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 3 hours ago, ZillaFreak said: If fully bleed, you still using OEM hose? Could have a blown line that has a bubble forming. Might need better lines. New lines, new master cylinder. 3 hours ago, Chukkinsod said: try bleeding the master first.....I found if you have an air pocket between the res and the master cyl you will fight this for hours. Easy way disconnect the brake line from master cyl at banjo. put your thumb over the hole and press down on the peddle with your other hand. KEEP THE RES FULL!!! once all the air out of the master....connect line and do std brake bleed procedure. Sounds like line still has air in it. I will try this tomorrow. The brake line you're telling me to disconnect to bleed from is the brake line that runs from caliper to master cylinder? Never heard of banjo. Brake pedal still feels pretty soft up until the end where you feel the caliper really start to squeeze the rotor. Even though its not squeezing enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesully810 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 what the hell happened with your last thread did u ever get this thing running right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted December 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) 14 hours ago, Ayesully810 said: what the hell happened with your last thread did u ever get this thing running right ? What' up bro! Yeah the what's running pretty dang good now, it' still bogging here and there on top end but it's my jetting and before I can address that I need to get my brakes going. Plugs are looking nice and dark brown but I haven't done a true top end plug chop yet. As far as my back brake I just realized the new master cylinder I bought off eBay had a smaller push pin than the original so that gave the pedal some extra slack.. cheap Chinese shit.. oh well I drilled the hole bigger and now im off to find me a new push pin. This will resolve most of my slack issue on my pedal but I know it won't make my brake function properly just yet. I will try bleeding the master this afternoon in hopes that will solve my issue. Edited December 8, 2017 by Rawnold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesully810 Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 are you on the hq fb page? ppl have stuff for there all day for sale usually. dan hughes always has stuff for sale. buy stuff from there for the most part unless u know its legit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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