fitting braided hoses

hi peeps ,anyone out fitted braided hoses on a sv650? if so help!!

Yeah it's easy.

But the bleeding afterward is the hard part for any n00b.

Originally Posted by Razor

Yeah it's easy.

+1

It helps if you have someone with you when it comes to bleeding, especially for the front. Plus remember to keep a careful eye on the reservoirs so that they don't empty when bleeding otherwise you'll fill the lines with air and have to start all over again.

When i fitted my Hel lines i couldn't get the front nearside to bleed whatsoever, turned out to be an airlock/bubble in the banjo bolt/lines as they came out of the front brake reservoir. Ended up having to slacken the bolt as i pulled the lever then re-tighten once the air had escaped...

As long as you take your time bleeding and don't try and do it all at once you should be o.k, be especially careful about getting brake fluid near paint or any other finished surface!

Hope this helps..

Si

Originally Posted by loneranger

hi peeps ,anyone out fitted braided hoses on a sv650? if so help!!

If you were to give you location in your profile, someone local may be able to come round and actually give you a hand.

yeah, it can take a while to get the initial fluid into the dry lines. be patient, just keep repeating, pump, tighten bleed nut, add more fluid, pump, ...

make sure you have extra fluid, lots of containers and clear tubing to see what's going on. loads on the internet about it with photos. some brake fluid is hygroscopic, meaning it absorbs moisture. so use fresh (new) fluid and seal her all up as soon as you are done.

Fitting the hoses, piece of cake.

Bleeding the brakes, takes AGES!!! - or at least it did for me.

Afterwards... keep an eye out for if the hoses rub on the paintwork - I didn't notice that they were running on the mud-guard, and although they're plastic covered hoses, they have rubbed through the paint in 2 areas!

[northwind]

I still don't like bleeding brakes, the first time I did it (doing hoses, funnilly enough) I just couldn't get any pressure, then suddenly after ages of just doing hte same stuff, it worked- I hate things like that, when something doesn't work then works for no apparent reason. So, I bought a Mityvac, which is a handy wee tool and cost about £35, it enables you to suck the fluid through... But then, I got what I reckon is the perfect solution, a big syringe off Ebay- you use it to push the fluid into the system instead of trying to suck it out, works better, and pushing bubbles up is obviously better than sucking them down. Silly money for what's probably a 10p syringe but it works brilliantly, I can do my brakes in no time at all now and there's never any frustration or desperation.

The big syringe works best, I lost my ebay one but I found a bag full of them outside the local clinic.