Front brake bleeding gs1100e

[Guest]

Hello to all having a hell of a time trying to get the front brakes to wok after changing master cyclender on my gs1100e 82. I swap out the old one for a new chrone one. Now can't get the brakes to pump up. I'm using a hand vacuum pump still nothing. There no leaks vacuum holds pressure for 1 hour. Is there a special way to do this 🤔

[slayer61]

I also have the vac brake bleeder, but have found the best luck removing the caliper from the wheel & placing the bleeder in an elevated location relative to the master cylinder. The air "wants" to rise, but sometimes it needs a little help. Also, consider placing s piece of suitable steel between the brake pads. An old rotor, a scrap piece of 1/4" steel, anything like that. Good luck.

[Sahi2ed]

so let me understand you stated to remove the calipers from the bike and do what?????

[salty_monk]

I’ve never needed to raise the calipers off the bike with either stock or the twinpot calipers.

I may used a vacuum bleeder to get fluid down to the caliper on a new line set (fresh install) but other than that I use the squeeze lever open bleeder close bleeder repeat method... very simple and reliable.
at the end I cable tie the lever back towards the bar (brake on) just for good measure and leave overnight.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

You have another thread going with the same issue that’s actually in the right place.https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...08-Front-brake

I would suggest you delete this thread