[rickbert]

Be sure to take you tank off for all these steps. No sense messing up the paint.



One more off the wall thing that I saw work. Take the caliper off with the bleeder closed, but loose. Put a block of plywood in the caliper and raise it higher than the master cylinder and try bleeding it in the air. Any air in the line should rise to the top. Weird, but I saw it work one time.



At the same time several people on the forum have had problems with bad new MCs bought on-line. Let us all know how you solve it when you do.

David, that's exactly what I was thinking.....if he has NO or very little lever pressure that would lead me to believe that the new M/C isn't pumping fluid at all.



And I see where he got his from the same guy I got mine from....It took him sending me THREE new M/C's before I got one that worked right !

 

[rickbert]

Thanks for the suggestions. After spending some time with it yesterday I am inclined to believe the problem is in the caliper. Either the caliper pins or the holes they go into might be worn. When I squeeze the lever the lever still goes all the way to the handlebar, but when I do this and look at the caliper, I can see it moving sideways away from the rotor a good half inch or a bit more. The bolts are tight, so I think it may be in this area. Does that make sense?

There IS supposed to be a LITTLE movement of the caliper....in other words on one that is working perfectly you could bend over and grab the caliper with both hands with it mounted perfectly on the forks and wiggle it a little bit, that is normal ! (I'm not sure about a half inch though)