|   funny Hayes behaviour | #ryan
Jan 9, 2002 6:20 PM | | Hi,
I am experiencing odd behaviouor from a `01 hayes hydraulic rear brake. The position of the lever when the pads contact the rotor remains the same so long as you are on flat ground. If you ride a wheelie and use the brake to control it the lever has to come progressively further to the grip until there is almost no lever left. Once the bike is level again the lever pumps up to its original contact point. When squeezing down hard on the lever there is no noticeable loss of pressure and the feel of the brake when it engages is very crisp unlike a brake that has air in its lines. Aswell if I tip the bike forward I experience the same condition. Eliminating everything else - I think - I have told my self it must be air in the lines... right?
But again, the feel is very crisp.
There are no fluid leaks and this brake has had little use so far. |
| Interesting...... | eayste
Jan 9, 2002 7:43 PM | | While I have never encountered this with my hayes.
It does sound as if you may have air in the line .
Try to bleed it alitte and see what happens . |
| Low on fluid. | Dougal
Jan 9, 2002 9:19 PM | | Your brake is low on fluid in the bladder reservior.
Do a partial bleed to push more fluid into the system and it'll come right.
Dougal.8m.com |
| The problem I had was............ | rich
Jan 10, 2002 6:40 AM | | I had a similar problem and this is what it turned out to be.The brake lines have an inner and outter layers(actually 3 layers I think),If you hit the brake line up near the master cylinder(hit meaning accidently in a crash or something) the inner line cracks causing the fluid to actually go between the two layers of brake line so it never leaks fluid and has no air in the lines.In my case the lever felt nice and firm but if I kept pressure on the lever it would eventually pull back all the way to the handlebars.It turned out to be an easy fix I just removed the brake line at the master cylinder(or up near the lever whatever you want to call it)then I cut off about 1/2 inch of line,then I installed a NEW compression,then I bleed the brakes and it worked perfect!!!!.I'm not sure if this is your problem but it did work for me(I called hayes tech line and that is what they advised me to try)...goodluck... it worked for me :) |
| thanks yall | dingus
Jan 11, 2002 2:49 AM | | thanks |
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