1989 Gl1500 rear caliper upgrade soft pedal
I have a 1989 honda Gl1500 goldwing, and my dad and I did a rear brake upgrade from drum to calipers. it has an 9 inch for rear end so i purchased a caliper kit that had the calipers, rotors and the hardware, all was great until we tried to bleed the system soft pedal..ive puchased another ome master cylinder same thing. I blocked off the front caliper at the master cylinder, same thing. I even switched the front and rear ports at the master cylinder, same thing..we have run about three big bottles of fluid ..lol....we bout to give up...please help...;)
1989 Gl1500 rear caliper upgrade soft pedal
[QUOTE=Jack Klarich;916312]If your brakes are linked try this
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Procedure:
Give command to pump ( two times) and hold prior to opening each fitting.
Continue at each location until fluid is visibly flowing and proceed to next location.
Make sure that fluid reservoir is maintained during the procedure.
1) Right rear caliper upper bleeder until fluid is present, then lower bleeder,
2) Left rear caliper upper bleeder until fluid is present , then lower bleeder,
3) Left front caliper 8mm bleed screw until fluid is present ,
4) Left front anti-dive bleed screw until fluid is present,
5) Right front caliper 10mm bleed screw until fluid is present .
(Note) It take a while for any air to be chased out the front of the system. That is why this procedure cannot be performed just once.
1) Right rear caliper upper bleeder until steady fluid flow, then lower bleeder,
2) Left rear caliper upper bleeder until steady fluid flow , then lower bleeder,
3) Left front caliper 8mm bleed screw until steady fluid flow,
4) Left front anti-dive bleed screw until steady fluid flow ,
5) Right front caliper 10mm bleed screw until steady fluid flow.
Repeat above procedure at least two times until pedal is solid and does not pump up.
Focus attention to the front because the air you are chasing has a long way to escape at the front wheel.[/B][/QUOTE]
tried this today still no pedal, hoping the valve will work..about to pull my hair out!!
gtl 1500 problem brake rear
hi, I too have problems with the goldwing 1500 lehman rear drum brakes, the pedal remains spongy, have you solved it? did you set the valve to 10 psi? sorry for the mistakes I write from Italy
antidive brake flluid lehman gtl 1500
but I am only aware of the left...right wheel cylinder bleed screw and the screw on the left front caliper, do I have to bleed other places?