Venturerider416

Thanks Monty, Went to Sears and purchased a similiar set but it's not budging! I am attempting to take the entire line off with the Metering port but that opened another can of worms... the Banjo bolt on the Metering Port will not budge either. Uggh!

Hi guys, I went to Sears to purchase the 10mm Flare Nut or Line Wrench, but I can't justify spending $19.00 on it if the nut is too far gone/rounded for the wrench to work. So I might borrow it from a mechanic friend this Saturday to try it or buy a set of channel locks. Monty, exactly which channel locks are you talking about? I'd love to get a set! Thanks

Ok, I went ahead and bought the Mity Vac. It works great on the rear caliper, but... Issue #1: I am not getting any fluid out of the front caliper. There is definitely a lot of air trapped in the lines. However I'm not pretending or would ever assume to be any kind of Venture Linked Braking System Expert so I could be doing something else wrong! I wanted to crack the connection at brake line connected to the metering port, at the neck, which leads me to- Issue #2: The nut on the brake line, attached to the metering port... This nut... ...has already been stripped, quite a bit from someone else, and is now even more so after I tried to break it free with a 10mm open ended wrench. I don't see PB Blaster doing the trick on this stuck nut either! Neither did a small pair of vice grips help to make the issue better. Any suggestions?

Ok, so I thought I was ready to go this morning, but suddenly realized I was more lost than ever. What fitting "by the handlebars" am I supposed to "crack to release the trapped air"? This one attached to the metering valve... or this one? Thank you for your patience. So much to learn on this bike. Newbie!

Skydoc: Thanks so much for the detailed how to! I can't wait to get out there again and get the system bled properly. I will consider getting the Mity Vac. Randya: Good call on catching that I didn't mention refilling the master cylinder reservoir. However, I did make sure that the reservoir was filled throughout the process. BTW, how full should the reservoir be to "top it off"? God Bless, Chris

Thanks for the quick response and I just want to make sure I do this correctly. Have you "crack"ed the line at the neck's connection point? What exactly does that procedure entail? This newbie appreciates the help!

Hi guys, I'm having a heck of a time troubleshooting these brakes on my '83 Venture 1200TK. The rear brake pedal has been sloppy (no rear brakes) so I decided to bleed the brakes to see if it would fix the issue. It didn't so I moved onto cleaning and replacing the rear brake caliper seals and rebuilt the rear master cylinder as well. I've been bleeding the brakes for two days and the pedal is still "sloppy" (IE: The pedal is easily pushed all the way down) with no stopping power at the rear caliper. Your question is probably, "How are you bleeding the brakes?" and "Do you know the front left caliper is connected to the rear master cylinder as well?" Both great questions because I don't know a ton about this bike and i need help. As far as How I'm bleeding the brakes: 1st- I topped off the Rear master cylinder reservoir with fresh Dot 3. 2nd- With pedal depressed I opened up the bleeder on rear caliper. Some fluid and bubbles came out, so I tightened the bleeder and let off the pedal. Repeated 5 or 6 times. 3rd- I moved onto the front left caliper and with pedal depressed loosened the bleeder waited a few seconds and tightened. No fluid came out for the first 10-15 times I did this until finally... it did. Then I moved back to rear caliper and repeated, front caliper and repeated and so on and so on.... I still have no rear brakes after two days of this. Do you spot any errors in my technique? Please help me! God Bless