Brakes

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Im thinking about changing my brake setup as they dont seem that good and the lever seems to come back to far towards the handlebars.
Ive got sintered pads and braided hoses and have bleed them with a mighty vac.
I cant afford a complete new brake system SO do i change the master cylinder OR do i change the calipers OR do i strip them down and rebleed them completely.
Thanks for any info

Phipsy

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Phipsy,

I damaged my master cylinder a while back and as a new one was expensive, I put on a ZX6r MC. At the same time, I replaced the hoses and re-bled the system (first time I'd done it). Changing the MC was easy except that you need to find a way to mount the 636 resevoir and you lose the mirror mount on the RHS (not a problem if you've got bar end mirrors or similar).

After I'd re-bled a few times to get all the air out, the brakes are much better - but I'm not sure how much of that is down to the MC. I've now got hold of a Z1000 MC and will swap back sometime over the next few weeks.

If I decide to stay with the Z1000 unit, there will be a 636 MC (VGC - almost 'as new') going (I'll even throw in the handlebar mount for the resevoir) for 25 quid.

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Let me know how you get on and im interested in the m/c if you are getting rid of it. How much of a pain was it to get all the air out of the system after you changed the m/c? as im might try ado a complete take apart and re bleed.
Phipsy

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Getting the brakes bled properly was a pain in the arse to be honest.

I tried doing it with a big syringe and that was good for filling the lines up fast, but was not good for bleeding out the air properly. Once I had the lines filled, I used the old-fashioned way to bleed the air out - and it was the best way.

Put some tubing on the bleed nipple, put a spanner on the bleed nipple (using a round head spanner on the bleed nipple makes life much easier) and then the old routine of:

1. Check the resevoir has enough fluid in
2. Half turn to open the bleed nipple
3. Squeeze the brake on
4. Half turn to close the bleed nipple
5. Let go of lever.
6. Repeat....

I put a lot of fluid through the system (about 750ml I think) to make sure I'd got it all through properly, but it worked a treat.

It's likely that I'll have some time off work (changing jobs) through November if you fancy a trip to Oxford..

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Zedkid,
That would be good, we will have to pick a dry day as the bike only comes out if its dry
Phipsy

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hahahahahaha you sound as bad as me....

It all depends on work for me, but drop me a line in a couple of weeks and if you're still interested, we'll sort something out...

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Zedkid, Are you still thinking about changing your m/c back to a Z1000 one and also what year did it come off as i think a 03/04 m/c uses the same as an 3/04 z1000 lever?

Phipsy