G-baby158 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) Hi, i just bleed my maggie with water in the bath, because one of the pistons wasn't taking for ages to go back in, i rebleed it and it was still doing in so i tryed the 'lazy pistons' and then rebleed it agen but its still doing it, anyone know whats rong/ how to fix ?thanks Greg Edited May 20, 2008 by G-baby158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duck Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Sand lightly around the piston and lube it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-Addy A3 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Sand lightly around the piston and lube it up.Should work BTW, quackers, you going to reply to my email ? lolSorry really boredSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-baby158 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Sand lightly around the piston and lube it up.right call me thick but what do you mean by sand lightly ? do you mean on top of where the bolts go ?and then spray wd40 in the holes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 right call me thick but what do you mean by sand lightly ? do you mean on top of where the bolts go ?and then spray wd40 in the holes ?the bit were the pad goes on, when you push the lever it should come out, were the pad holds, sand that, REALLY bad explaination but yeah.Matx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-baby158 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 right i think thats all sorted ive got a diff prob now i orderd a new maggie cable for my front brake as it started leaking, and i dont know how to get the olive's off or how to put the barbed fitting's on ?can anyone HELP ??thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 The olives don't come off, you'll need new ones which are compressed onto the brake line as you tighten the shroud nut into the lever. As for the barbed fittings. Get two bits of wood. Clamp them together and drill a smallish hole (At least 1mm smaller than the brake line) into where the blocks of wood touch so half the hole is in each block. Separate the blocks and clamp the brake line into this slot with about 1cm sticking out, wipe a bit of brake fluid onto the barbs on the fitting and tap it into the brake line with a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo_rob Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 The olives don't come off, you'll need new ones which are compressed onto the brake line as you tighten the shroud nut into the lever. As for the barbed fittings. Get two bits of wood. Clamp them together and drill a smallish hole (At least 1mm smaller than the brake line) into where the blocks of wood touch so half the hole is in each block. Separate the blocks and clamp the brake line into this slot with about 1cm sticking out, wipe a bit of brake fluid onto the barbs on the fitting and tap it into the brake line with a hammer.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :$ I love you :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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