Hi, I basically have some air in my clutch line and need to bleed it. For reference I have a Hypermotard 796 2011 I have a couple of questions first though: What fluid do I use What is a good bleed kit? Thanks in advance
Dot 4, I use this http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_204703_langId_-1_categoryId_255216 Don't forget to bleed the master cylinder too.
.............or basically a short jam car with a tight-ish hole in the lid for a rubber tube...... .....£6.00 please......
What's a jam car anyway LOL. Ave you seen the price of an ezi bleed kit? Makes this a bargain. Jam jars brake when you drop em.
Don't drop 'em, then...........or just use a plastic small milk carton..... .......empty the milk out first...........
brakes? i though we were talking about clutches LOL. Jam cars are lovely, especially strawberry ones....
Fluid DOT 4.xx or 5.1 onwards. Personally I'd use a 4.xx as its going to be about half the price of DOT 5.1 (not sure if they have a 5.2 yet) Do not use DOT 5.0 its a totally different type of fluid and not compatible with any of the others. Make sure you flush as much of the old stuff out as you can. I have a Mityvac that I use a lot of the time but TBH conventional pressure bleeding works as well in nearly all cases and as Arquebus said all you need for that is a container of some sort and bit of clear tubing John
no, its arrrrrse, in a deep Zummerset burr. ( or is that in a Zummerset bar...?) It amused the sad little git in me, that you had a giggle at anothers typo, but included one yourself. Now you could have been brazen and said yours was deliberate, but we'd have known better!!
Ok, so i bought some dot 4 as I spoke to the garage that serviced my bike and that is what they used. I bought a bleed kit that can only be used on a car though so I will just exchange it for that £5 job at halfords. I just want it to be made as easy as possible, so don't mind spending a bit more money if so. I don't understand how you get any pressure with that £5 job from halfords though!
You don't get pressure. The hose fits over the bleed nipple and a plastic collar secures it. You then pump the lever until all the air is expelled and then nip up the nipple. As there is a non return valve the expelled air cannot pass back up the tube. The excess fluid is captured in the container.
