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Bleeding brakes

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biker_bob:
Thanks for the replies.
There was a complete braking system came up on Ebay for my bike, Front and rear mastercylinders, lines and ABS pump for £100. I asked the question about bleeding with the GS911 because most of what I'd read said that you can't bleed the system yourself. From reading the replies that I've seen here I've bought the brake system to keep as a spare, I reckon I can do this work myself.
When it comes to dismantling and storing the spare system, is it just a case of stripping everything down and cleaning all the fluid out?

I'm still not sure that I know exactly how the ABS pump works, from reading the procedure on this site it sounds like I need to set the pump running then pull the lever several times to circulate the fluid. So does the ABS pump pull fluid in from the braking system and circulate it round?

malmac:
Bob


I don't know for sure, but if your ABS unit is the same as on the 2008 R1200gs models, when I activate the bleed process I can hear the electric motor on the ABS unit running. I know from disassembly of the old unit that that running the motor certainly must circulate brake fluid to some extent.

Mal

Haakon:
The GS911 ABS bleed process start the ABS pump AND cycle the valves.

(From experiments with the new BMW diagnostic system I am a bit worried, it seems to JUST run the pump???  On the old ABS systems that will NOT bleed all of the system)
 

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