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Title: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: Mac_48 on July 02, 2008, 04:27:56 PM Anyone here good with monster brakes that would be willing to drop by and help me fix mine or point me in the direction of a good place to get them fixed...I'm willing to go to duc of seattle but I want to take it to the best place poss. and wondered if there was a better place... They are so bad that I can't ride and I haven't even had it for a week :( Plz help :-\
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=6177.0 Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: Visolara on July 02, 2008, 04:30:03 PM "drop buy" like to buy something?
Where are you? Duc Seattle is way north of 99% of the posters here. However, Jacob is as cheap as they come if your looking for some good wrenching. Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: Mac_48 on July 02, 2008, 04:57:18 PM I live in sammamish, it's near issaquah
Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: desmosome on July 02, 2008, 05:21:38 PM Fluid, pads, rotors or caliper rebuild?
Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: Mac_48 on July 04, 2008, 09:39:00 AM I updated the situation on the liked thread :-\
Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: Mother on July 07, 2008, 10:27:06 AM I don't know how far you have gotten yet
first thing I would do is take everything brake related off the bike dissasemble everything in the brake system clean the shit out of it look into a rebuild kit to get the seals gaskets and washers it could be a combination of dirt, bad seals, air in the line, and water in the fluid once it is all cleaned and flushed use a syringe to refill the components with new fluid from an unopened bottle this will help the flushing process once the system is reassemble open bleeder with a hose on it and slowly and lightly pull lever with cap off while pouring fluid as needed into resevior this will flush out all the air and is a great one man brake bleeder trick follow up that process using a vaccuum bleeder and you should be good to go grab some brake and hold it if it slowly leaks down look for the place the fluid is coming out if no fluid externally then it is a bad internal seal and the M/C needs rebuilt that is a simple process Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: ryandalling on July 07, 2008, 11:26:35 AM Trust Mother... he is very smart in all things not related to taints. Oh and m/c = master cyllinder.
Title: Re: Need help with the duck brakes Post by: Tailgunner on July 07, 2008, 02:04:37 PM [bacon] mmmm bacon, extra crispy please [coffee]
I can't tell from your picture but if you have clip-ons and they are angled downward the handset usually holds a pocket of air that won't pass down the brake line with any amount of squeezing controls. And be careful with that fluid squirting and dripping. It will remove paint. Good luck! |