Someone Tell Me How To Bleed Hayes Brakes Please?
How Do I Bleed Brakes???
- Thread starter adrenalinjunky18
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http://www.hayesdiscbrake.com/tech.cfm . Download and print the brake bleed manual-walks you right through it.
That site will show you how to use the squeeze bottle; it's better done with a syringe in my experience. Unfortunately, I can't take the time to describe it in detail now, as I've done several times in the past. I have a feeling the old threads are long-deleted, but searching might yield something.
I'll try to rewrite the dissertation later if possible. In essence, tho, my method involves pushing fluild from the bottom to the top with a syringe attached to a short length of the clear bleed hose. The top outflow hose is submerged in a half-full bottle of fluid. Push fluid through until you're not getting bubbles out of the line, and the outflow hose is completely full of fluid. Then suck fluid back in from the catch bottle. This will free up more air. Go back and forth a few times, cap the master cylinder, and you're done.
Make sure the pistons are pushed all the way into the caliper, too.
MD
I'll try to rewrite the dissertation later if possible. In essence, tho, my method involves pushing fluild from the bottom to the top with a syringe attached to a short length of the clear bleed hose. The top outflow hose is submerged in a half-full bottle of fluid. Push fluid through until you're not getting bubbles out of the line, and the outflow hose is completely full of fluid. Then suck fluid back in from the catch bottle. This will free up more air. Go back and forth a few times, cap the master cylinder, and you're done.
Make sure the pistons are pushed all the way into the caliper, too.
MD
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