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Need help with the duck brakes

Started by Mac_48, July 02, 2008, 05:27:56 PM

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Mac_48

Anyone here good with monster brakes that would be willing to drop by and help me fix mine or point me in the direction of a good place to get them fixed...I'm willing to go to duc of seattle but I want to take it to the best place poss. and wondered if there was a better place...  They are so bad that I can't ride and I haven't even had it for a week :(  Plz help  :-\
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=6177.0
This site is bad for me.....It makes me want to spend thousands of dollars that I do not have XD

Visolara

"drop buy" like to buy something?

Where are you?

Duc Seattle is way north of 99% of the posters here.

However, Jacob is as cheap as they come if your looking for some good wrenching.

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Mac_48

I live in sammamish, it's near issaquah
This site is bad for me.....It makes me want to spend thousands of dollars that I do not have XD

desmosome

Fluid, pads, rotors or caliper rebuild?

Mac_48

I updated the situation on the liked thread :-\
This site is bad for me.....It makes me want to spend thousands of dollars that I do not have XD

Mother

I don't know how far you have gotten yet

first thing I would do is take everything brake related off the bike

dissasemble everything in the brake system

clean the shit out of it

look into a rebuild kit to get the seals gaskets and washers

it could be a combination of dirt, bad seals, air in the line, and water in the fluid

once it is all cleaned and flushed

use a syringe to refill the components with new fluid from an unopened bottle

this will help the flushing process

once the system is reassemble open bleeder with a hose on it

and slowly and lightly pull lever with cap off while pouring fluid as needed into resevior

this will flush out all the air and is a great one man brake bleeder trick

follow up that process using a vaccuum bleeder and you should be good to go

grab some brake and hold it

if it slowly leaks down look for the place the fluid is coming out

if no fluid externally then it is a bad internal seal and the M/C needs rebuilt

that is a simple process






ryandalling

Trust Mother... he is very smart in all things not related to taints.  Oh and m/c = master cyllinder.
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Tailgunner

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I can't tell from your picture but if you have clip-ons and they are angled downward the handset usually holds a pocket of air that won't pass down the brake line with any amount of squeezing controls.

And be careful with that fluid squirting and dripping. It will remove paint. Good luck!