RE: brake bleed/lawyer joke
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_001_01BFFC9D.0F7C4772 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Personally, I just bled them at the front caliper, following the service manual instructions. There is a special tool that will hold the front caliper in place, not sure how much it costs, but I just tied up the caliper with strong string, being carefull not to scratch the front wheels (which is easy to do). The main thing is to make sure the bleed nipple is the topmost part, so that all bubbles float to the top. -Original Message- From: Adam Altman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:32 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: brake bleed/lawyer joke Oh geez, Recognizing my limitations, I was just going to limp this in to the shop, but (1) they said "GT what?" and (2) thay don't have time to do it anywho. So now I'm learning all about Yamaha ABS. I'll need you huys to walk me through this, or if one of you nice scanner-owning people wnated to scan in the relevant pages from the service manual.. (stupid backorder). I'm looking for a air bubble in the front brake system. The front master cyclinder makes a squishy noice when I push the lever, leading me to believe that the air bubble is trapped there. However, the listers have told me to bleed the system at the ABS pump as well. OK, where the *!$@ is the bleeder fitting on the ABS pump. (And why does the ABS pump have the letters FI on it, giving me no end of worry that I was about to play with the fuel injection system?) The rear brake is not soft, so are there 2 different circuits to the pump (F and R)? Once I have the ABS pump bled, I should take off the front caliper, and raise the bleeder nipple upright, and then do it again from the top, right? I haven't even thought about the cooling system yet, but aside from locating the water pump, will the drain plugs be easy to spot. Rmember, I'm not only a squid, mechanically challenged, and not that bright to begin with (I'm a lawyer, so that proves it), I am also completely new to this bike, so going easy on the SA comments like "shouldn't be f-ing with brakes if so damn dumb." Believe me, i'm feeling dumb enough already. Frustration. adam Kevin Harrington wrote: It's a long hose system--front to ABS and back to front again, takes a lot of patience but if the mity vac won't cut it use the speed bleeders. There are two drain plugs, one on the pump (I think) and one near the heads, both on pump side--flushing is easy. I like the red stuff 'cause of the no silicates--better for water pumps (especially the cheapo honda thingy's) The penis things have little metal cock-rings to hold them in the too big holes--you must be missing them... ;0 WATCH THE TIRES PRESSURES! -Original Message- From: Adam Altman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 31, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: brake bleed/lawyer joke Here's the best (worst) lawyer joke of all. I was bleeding the brakes today in preparation for my trip to sturgis. Unfortunately, the My-T-Vac was a bit mightier than I had hoped, and I cleaned out the front reservoir entirely. It allowed me to get rid of all the sludge that had for some reason built up in there, but did have the unfortunate disadvantage of putting an air bubble in the system such that I no longet have front brakes. I pumped about a half quart of fluid through there at different angles, trying to pick up the bubble and move it through, to no avail. Any suggestions? Also, I was going to flush the coolant, but since my manual has not arrived (back order), i thought it might be a pain and not worth it, espcially after the brake fluid incident. Is there any trick to a coolant drain/replace on this bike? Is there a drain plug, or do I remove some hose or other? If I do decide to do this, i've heard that the red cooland is better for aluminum motors than the green stuff. Consensus? Those stupid little rubber triangle covers on the sides (by one's knees) keep falling off. I was going to put a dab of silicone on the little penis-looking things to keep it in the little holes, as they keep falling out because the hole is too big (it's not that the penis-looking thing is too small. Freud would have so much to say). Will this work/better ideas? I'd leave them off, but a lot of heat comes through there that I'd rather keep off my knees. This will be my first long trip on the GTS. I'm riding two-up with as much luggage as I can get in one of those throw-over saddlebag sets and a small tankbag (read: not much luggage.). Anything I should be especially aware of on long trips
Re: RE: brake bleed/lawyer joke (fwd)
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RE: brake bleed/lawyer joke
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brake bleed/lawyer joke
Here's the best (worst) lawyer joke of all. I was bleeding the brakes today in preparation for my trip to sturgis. Unfortunately, the My-T-Vac was a bit mightier than I had hoped, and I cleaned out the front reservoir entirely. It allowed me to get rid of all the sludge that had for some reason built up in there, but did have the unfortunate disadvantage of putting an air bubble in the system such that I no longet have front brakes. I pumped about a half quart of fluid through there at different angles, trying to pick up the bubble and move it through, to no avail. Any suggestions? Also, I was going to flush the coolant, but since my manual has not arrived (back order), i thought it might be a pain and not worth it, espcially after the brake fluid incident. Is there any trick to a coolant drain/replace on this bike? Is there a drain plug, or do I remove some hose or other? If I do decide to do this, i've heard that the red cooland is better for aluminum motors than the green stuff. Consensus? Those stupid little rubber triangle covers on the sides (by one's knees) keep falling off. I was going to put a dab of silicone on the little penis-looking things to keep it in the little holes, as they keep falling out because the hole is too big (it's not that the penis-looking thing is too small. Freud would have so much to say). Will this work/better ideas? I'd leave them off, but a lot of heat comes through there that I'd rather keep off my knees. This will be my first long trip on the GTS. I'm riding two-up with as much luggage as I can get in one of those throw-over saddlebag sets and a small tankbag (read: not much luggage.). Anything I should be especially aware of on long trips? I'll be taking the oil view glass cover off. 9KIKO wrote: What do you call a 1000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A good start!!! Ay chihuahua! I'm all for sending 1000 lawyer to the ocean--more clients for me! TIA adam
Re: brake bleed/lawyer joke
Adam on the brakes - check to make sure you aren't leaking somewhere like a banjo fitting. I pumped almost a quart through my front brake, then found out a banjo was loose leaking (when the fluid started dripping on the floor). It acted just like a big air bubble. Was a major PITA to clean up all the fluid, but you have to 'cause it will disolve damn near everything including paint. The rubber tirangles - I glued mine in with GOOP brand glue. Similar to silicone but a rubber based glue I think. Besides providing a little bug/rock/rain protection for your knees they help protect the fairing if you drop the bike. -Original Message- From: Adam Altman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 31, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: brake bleed/lawyer joke Here's the best (worst) lawyer joke of all. I was bleeding the brakes today in preparation for my trip to sturgis. Unfortunately, the My-T-Vac was a bit mightier than I had hoped, and I cleaned out the front reservoir entirely. It allowed me to get rid of all the sludge that had for some reason built up in there, but did have the unfortunate disadvantage of putting an air bubble in the system such that I no longet have front brakes. I pumped about a half quart of fluid through there at different angles, trying to pick up the bubble and move it through, to no avail. Any suggestions? Also, I was going to flush the coolant, but since my manual has not arrived (back order), i thought it might be a pain and not worth it, espcially after the brake fluid incident. Is there any trick to a coolant drain/replace on this bike? Is there a drain plug, or do I remove some hose or other? If I do decide to do this, i've heard that the red cooland is better for aluminum motors than the green stuff. Consensus? Those stupid little rubber triangle covers on the sides (by one's knees) keep falling off. I was going to put a dab of silicone on the little penis-looking things to keep it in the little holes, as they keep falling out because the hole is too big (it's not that the penis-looking thing is too small. Freud would have so much to say). Will this work/better ideas? I'd leave them off, but a lot of heat comes through there that I'd rather keep off my knees. This will be my first long trip on the GTS. I'm riding two-up with as much luggage as I can get in one of those throw-over saddlebag sets and a small tankbag (read: not much luggage.). Anything I should be especially aware of on long trips? I'll be taking the oil view glass cover off. 9KIKO wrote: What do you call a 1000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A good start!!! Ay chihuahua! I'm all for sending 1000 lawyer to the ocean--more clients for me! TIA adam
Re: brake bleed/lawyer joke
It's a long hose system--front to ABS and back to front again, takes a lot of patience but if the mity vac won't cut it use the speed bleeders. There are two drain plugs, one on the pump (I think) and one near the heads, both on pump side--flushing is easy. I like the red stuff 'cause of the no silicates--better for water pumps (especially the cheapo honda thingy's) The penis things have little metal cock-rings to hold them in the too big holes--you must be missing them... ;0 WATCH THE TIRES PRESSURES! -Original Message- From: Adam Altman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 31, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: brake bleed/lawyer joke Here's the best (worst) lawyer joke of all. I was bleeding the brakes today in preparation for my trip to sturgis. Unfortunately, the My-T-Vac was a bit mightier than I had hoped, and I cleaned out the front reservoir entirely. It allowed me to get rid of all the sludge that had for some reason built up in there, but did have the unfortunate disadvantage of putting an air bubble in the system such that I no longet have front brakes. I pumped about a half quart of fluid through there at different angles, trying to pick up the bubble and move it through, to no avail. Any suggestions? Also, I was going to flush the coolant, but since my manual has not arrived (back order), i thought it might be a pain and not worth it, espcially after the brake fluid incident. Is there any trick to a coolant drain/replace on this bike? Is there a drain plug, or do I remove some hose or other? If I do decide to do this, i've heard that the red cooland is better for aluminum motors than the green stuff. Consensus? Those stupid little rubber triangle covers on the sides (by one's knees) keep falling off. I was going to put a dab of silicone on the little penis-looking things to keep it in the little holes, as they keep falling out because the hole is too big (it's not that the penis-looking thing is too small. Freud would have so much to say). Will this work/better ideas? I'd leave them off, but a lot of heat comes through there that I'd rather keep off my knees. This will be my first long trip on the GTS. I'm riding two-up with as much luggage as I can get in one of those throw-over saddlebag sets and a small tankbag (read: not much luggage.). Anything I should be especially aware of on long trips? I'll be taking the oil view glass cover off. 9KIKO wrote: What do you call a 1000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A good start!!! Ay chihuahua! I'm all for sending 1000 lawyer to the ocean--more clients for me! TIA adam __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/
