• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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    Thanks for your patience and support!

Front disk brake bleeding problems

430auto

430auto

Husqvarna
A Class
I converted my 1984 WR250 over to front disk brakes. Simple enough with all the parts ready. The problem I am having is with trying to bleed the brakes and get pressure built up. Squeeze the lever with the bleeder open and close it before releasing the lever. Fluid is flowing fine, air bubbles have all come out. No pressure built up to actually make the piston squeeze the rotor. These are all used parts off a 1985 XC500. I wonder if the master cylinder needs a kit? I've bled lots of brakes before and it isn't rocket science so what else could the problem be? All the fluid was drained previous as I cleaned all the parts prior to installing them. Air bubbles do keep coming up in the master cylinder when I have the lid off and squeeze the lever.
Anyone?
 
I was told by an expert to take the master cylinder off the handle bar and tie it up to the roof.
This straight lines the hose and speeds up the bubble bit.
If that's not it then you have a air leak around a piston.
Cheers
 
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