Front Brake Lockup (Solved)
Moderators: the2knights, Highway Rider
-
customsound79
- Streetster
- Posts: 12
- Joined: Sat Aug 08, 2015 2:39 pm
- 9
- Current bike(s): 1992 Kawasaki Voyager XII
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0
Front Brake Lockup (Solved)
I couldn't find a solution to this with a web search I thought this might help someone. My front brakes were locking up after about 3 miles. I bled them and the problem persisted. It turns out some of the brake fluid crystallized and clogged the tiny return orifice in the master cylinder. Compressed air didn't clear it but I plucked a wire from a wire bush with needle nose vise-grips and worked it out. Problem solved.
-
Lucasind
- King of the Road
- Posts: 1790
- Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:44 pm
- 11
- Current bike(s): 2003 Voyager 1200
1988 Voyager 1200
1985 Voyager 1300
2008 Concourse 1400
1985 LTD 1100
1981 CSR 1000
1981 CSR 650
1979 KZ 650
1973 XL 350
1988 Eliminator
1975 CB 125
1965 S 65
and a bunch of parts ! - Location: Toledo, OH
- Has liked: 194 times
- Been liked: 69 times
Re: Front Brake Lockup (Solved)
....been also plucking a single hair from a wire brush over the years myself, the perfect fit to solve many problems ! glad it worked out for you ! tony 
90% OF ANY JOB ...IS GETTING STARTED !
-
ekap1200
- Master Fabricator
- Posts: 1364
- Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:54 pm
- 16
- Current bike(s): 2000 voyager end of year total. 108.634
- Location: Williamstown, New Jersey
- Has liked: 33 times
- Been liked: 134 times
Re: Front Brake Lockup (Solved)
Good repair, just what me and Tony would do. Ive been pluckin out strands of electric wire and wire brush's for years also.... 
great use's for paint guns to pilot drilling in carbs , and voyager master cyl's .....
great use's for paint guns to pilot drilling in carbs , and voyager master cyl's ....."Its not bad if you don't know something, but when you don't know you don't know; That's when your in trouble". Joe Place 1912-2008 (my grandfather)