Tarawera 100 - not long now!

[B0000M]

trailer is loaded and boots drying some dumb arse (me) forgot to wash them till last night dam thing were full of mud.

o and was that a yes or a no on the tent bludging?

[cheese]

Yeah I've loaded new roll offs on, got 2 sets of goggles and a roll of rags to wipe them down. Got a spare plug for my bike, some ziplock bags and some panadole and shit.

But my fucking front brakes are still spongey as fuck. Aaron and I put near on 500ml of fluid through teh fuckers and they still feel like they have an air bubble!!

[cheese]

The tent is fucking massive mate. I'm sure we will all fit. Just bring some chairs!

[barty5]

Oh and i left gas can at home lucky wife is comin in today dont want to have to buy another.

[B0000M]

The tent is fucking massive mate. I'm sure we will all fit. Just bring some chairs!

thats something i have plenty of. (chairs)

do the cable tie thing on your brake lever asap then, even get Kat to do it if shes home, fixed my constant spongey problem with my front brake.

[barty5]

whats the cable tie thing as i ahve his bike at workshop i can go do this???

[Ktmboy]

Good luck guys, looks like rain all day. Make sure you give us a ride report eh?

Thanks Danger.
Good luck to all the rest of you. The weather forecast looks like shit. I took the liberty of getting some polyester ski gloves from the Ski shop Barrys Point road. With them on they will fit into my gloves nicely as I've heard that one of the biggest obstacles is the cold fingers (go on, here come the "Pussy" calls).

Been amping for this for days now and can't wait to get on the line.Yeah ha...bring it on!!!

[cheese]

Apparently you cabble tie the brake closed and leave it like that and it helps it..... Give it a go?? All I could see it doing ot compressing teh air bubble into the fluid which would then seperate.

[B0000M]

yea, pump the brake lever a few times, then hold it in as tight as u can with a cable tie and leave it like that all day. worked for me when bleeding wouldnt quite get it.

[barty5]

sweet as ill do it now as for cold finger i have 3 pairs of glove ill change at pit stops i guess if there wet (like that not going to happen)

[cheese]

Apparently I mihgt have a leaking master cylinder so I can get a kit for it. Question is if I can get it today! Shit shit shit!

[cheese]

No another place are pretty sure its a Air bubble. I'll do the cable tie trick and bleed it agian.

[Danger]

Seems I'm always repeating stuff for Cheese's benefit.

The sponginess can be a result of air in the line due to the fluid boiling due to the pads rubbing/binding all the time. Be sure the pins on the calipers are not rusted or take them apart and clean and lube them so the calipers move freely. Don't remove the pistons at this point.
Often bleeding will not remove air in the line.
Once you are sure the pins are clean and lubed and the caliper moves freely in and out, rotate the resorvair at the lever so that it is level, remove the resorvair cap and suck out what fluid you can with a syringe, but don't expose the plastic port with the holes to air. Replace the fluid about half way up the resorvair with Dot 5.1 fluid, then lean the bike to the left as far as you can without exposing the plastic port to air and pull the hose down so that the resorvair is at the highest point. Tap the fluid line with a screwdriver handle, pull and release the lever and watch for any bubbles that pop out of the line and through the port. I bet you find quite a few coming to the surface. Soon the lever will start feeling firm again.
Top of the fluid with more fresh 5.1 fluid just to the 3/4 point, install cap, clean any spilt fluid with a squirt of water and a rag and go riding.

Alternatively once the caliper moves freely you can back bleed the brakes under pressure from the caliper to the resorvair. Air gets trapped in the line at the high point so you need to create a straighter line to the resorvair. Some banjo bolds benefit from an extra hole drilled in them as when installed the hole in the banjo bolt is at the bottom and air gets trapped in the banjo bolt rather than released into the resorvair.

First posted here. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41595

[cheese]

We should make a gregs how to thread and sticky it. LOL

I'll go down to the garage at lunchtime and give it a go.

[Reckless]

Seems I'm always repeating stuff for Cheese's benefit.
First posted here. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41595

What Danger said!! The most common problem is the two 1/2's binding on the slider pins.
Secondly make sure you clean the disk with thinners or something and maybe a light sand and the pads as well. As the sludge build up from the cleaners etc can make the pads not grip the disk. I had this on my Cr went right through the brakes bleeding and replacing and it improved them bugger all. Then cleaned the disk?? DUH!! Fixed them! Although even fixed they are still not a patch on the KTm brakes, one finger, boody marvelous!