pen
CB750 Member
obligatory 1978 cb750k
I got this bike about a year ago and finally got it up and running this spring. I’ve been riding it around town and to work and such, no apparent problems with the brakes. About a week ago I found out the brakes weren’t in tip top shape when I needed to stop very suddenly. Luckily nothing bad happened, but it was scary enough to put it up until some new pads came in. I installed the pads today, bled the brakes to the best of my ability, and ended up with worse front brakes than I started with. I don’t know if I put the pads in wrong, if the piston is seized in some way, or if I bled the brakes incorrectly. I’m hoping it’s the first or the latter as I don’t exactly have a workshop to rebuild the caliper.
I used a method I saw online where you squeeze the lever, open the bleeder, close the bleeder, and let off. I don’t know how correct this is, but I’m hoping a better or correct technique would alleviate this issue.
I got this bike about a year ago and finally got it up and running this spring. I’ve been riding it around town and to work and such, no apparent problems with the brakes. About a week ago I found out the brakes weren’t in tip top shape when I needed to stop very suddenly. Luckily nothing bad happened, but it was scary enough to put it up until some new pads came in. I installed the pads today, bled the brakes to the best of my ability, and ended up with worse front brakes than I started with. I don’t know if I put the pads in wrong, if the piston is seized in some way, or if I bled the brakes incorrectly. I’m hoping it’s the first or the latter as I don’t exactly have a workshop to rebuild the caliper.
I used a method I saw online where you squeeze the lever, open the bleeder, close the bleeder, and let off. I don’t know how correct this is, but I’m hoping a better or correct technique would alleviate this issue.