jcfz6
Junior Member
Hey Guys,
Just got my R6 forks installed this evening along with some HEL brake lines. Evertyhing went really smooth but I'm still in progress bleeding the brakes on the front and had a few questions.
1. Did anyone else notice the front brakes dragging just a bit more after installing the R6 forks? I think I remembered reading about this somewhere on here. And yes I did install the shims for the calipers, 0.100" shims actually. They are dragging enough that the wheel doesn't even make a full revolution when spun slowly by hand. but can't even feel it when walking the bike around.
So is this fairly normal? I'm not expecting it to be an issue as light contact is inevitable anyway and the pads will just wear in.
2. Might be a stupid question, but while bleeding the front brakes is it absolutely necessary to keep the top of the reservoir screwed down and closed or can I keep it open to make topping it up quicker? I've worked on the front for about 45min and put about 2 full reservoirs of fluid through the lines all while keeping the reservoir closed up after topping off, but I'm still getting zero pressure on the lever. It just flops right back to the grip. Maybe I'm pumping too quickly?? I'm using the standard hose on the bleeder into a cup with clean fluid and pump/hold the lever and crack the bleeder. Same procedure worked fine and quickly on the rear brake, this just seems to be taking a little bit long.
Thanks guys, i'll post up some pics when I'm finished. :thumbup:
Just got my R6 forks installed this evening along with some HEL brake lines. Evertyhing went really smooth but I'm still in progress bleeding the brakes on the front and had a few questions.
1. Did anyone else notice the front brakes dragging just a bit more after installing the R6 forks? I think I remembered reading about this somewhere on here. And yes I did install the shims for the calipers, 0.100" shims actually. They are dragging enough that the wheel doesn't even make a full revolution when spun slowly by hand. but can't even feel it when walking the bike around.
So is this fairly normal? I'm not expecting it to be an issue as light contact is inevitable anyway and the pads will just wear in.
2. Might be a stupid question, but while bleeding the front brakes is it absolutely necessary to keep the top of the reservoir screwed down and closed or can I keep it open to make topping it up quicker? I've worked on the front for about 45min and put about 2 full reservoirs of fluid through the lines all while keeping the reservoir closed up after topping off, but I'm still getting zero pressure on the lever. It just flops right back to the grip. Maybe I'm pumping too quickly?? I'm using the standard hose on the bleeder into a cup with clean fluid and pump/hold the lever and crack the bleeder. Same procedure worked fine and quickly on the rear brake, this just seems to be taking a little bit long.
Thanks guys, i'll post up some pics when I'm finished. :thumbup: