Fellow Trikers...
This weekend I undertook the bleeding of my brakes since they were spongy. Not sure why or how it happened, but it did. So, read the book on the GL1800 and started bleeding the brakes, starting with the Left Front Caliper. When we go to the rear calipers, I was greeted with a surprise. There are TWO brake lines to each caliper. We bled both of them several times before getting the air out of the system. Well, after a short test drive, the brakes are still spongy and now the front ones grab pretty hard. Before, the foot pedal went to the floor board and had to pump it several times before getting any braking. Now I pump it twice and look out. The front takes a dive. So, I'm being careful on the use of the rear brake. Now, I'm going to replace the pads on the rear and maybe the front as well and bleed the brakes again. I looked at the installation manual for the Lehman Monarch II kit and in the AFTER diagram it appears the PCV valve is NO longer in the system. But I'm not able to really determine that. The after Diagram is found on page 14 of the Lehman Monarch II Installation manual.
So, my questions are:
Question 1; Is this the case? Is PCV valve no longer in the system.
Question 2; Why is there two brake lines to each rear caliper and can someone give me a theory of operation of why.
Question 3; What is the proper way to bleed all these lines.
Question 4; How many times do YOU bleed each line. I've seen anywhere from 10 to 15+ times. At this stage of the game, going to get yet another can of DOT4, maybe two and see about flushing out all the lines.
Any help that you folks can give is greatly appreciated.
Ride Safe my friends..
Chuck