[bear351c]

Check diameter of piston in M/C. some were 1/2", and some were 9/16". May "feel" different to your old one. But, if its still spongy, there is air in the system. No brake fluids are compressible, so the spongey has to be air. Sorry, I know that doesn't help. Get a bud to help you with bleeding, its easier if someone pumps, and fills up the M/c, and the other fella does the bleed nipple thing.

 

[bear351c]

Also, if the piston inside your caliper was squeezed all the way back, it will take a lot of pumping to get the pads to grip the rotor. The calipers are self centering, so the guide bolts need a little grease on them to allow the caliper piston to "center" the rotor between the 2 pads.



Does that make sense?? The piston pushes the pad on one side, until the pad touches the rotor, then, the "whole" caliper moves the opposite direction to pull the other pad to the rotor.

 

[bear351c]

Excellent news. Glad you got it sorted, nothing more frustrating than a bike you can't ride