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Ok so here is the problem.....
I have installed the 07 Nissin Calipers and the Core Moto SS Lines on my 2006 ZX6R 636 as well as my brothers bike (same model same year). Both bikes have the Nissin M/C as well. Everything went great with my bike and works as it should. Awesome pressure at the lever which in turn provides great braking. As for my brothers bike it has not gone so well. It has taken forever to get pressure back in the lever after bleeding the brakes. When we finally did we went for a ride his front brakes were progressively getting tighter and tighter until he could no longer pull the brake lever and the calipers were pretty much locked up. I cracked the bleeder valve open to relieve some pressure and that released the brakes so we could ride back home with him just using the rear brake. Once home I had taken the front calipers apart to see if anything was hanging them up but they surprisingly looked practically brand new inside. the pots/pistons were very smooth and the seals were in great shape. I cleaned everything up anyway, lubed everything up and put everything back together and re-bled the brakes. It took the same amount of effort as before to get pressure back but once we did we went for another ride. the same thing happened. This time I relieved pressure from the bleeder at the M/C and the brakes released once again which leads me to believe that the M/C is not releasing the pressure back into the reservoir, which by the way is not over filled.
I have been searching the inter-web for the past couple hours and still can not find the right solution for the problem with my brothers front brakes. I have also been trying to locate the correct rebuild kit for the M/C but with no luck on that either. I am almost positive that the calipers are not the problem and that it is indeed a problem with the M/C. Any light shed on this matter would be greatly appreciated whether it be a possibly solution to this problem or a direction to the correct rebuild kit. I know there are a lot of great minds on this forum and I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts. We are so eager to get out and ride together so the sooner I get this resolved the better. Thanks in advance! Sorry for the book :laugh
I have installed the 07 Nissin Calipers and the Core Moto SS Lines on my 2006 ZX6R 636 as well as my brothers bike (same model same year). Both bikes have the Nissin M/C as well. Everything went great with my bike and works as it should. Awesome pressure at the lever which in turn provides great braking. As for my brothers bike it has not gone so well. It has taken forever to get pressure back in the lever after bleeding the brakes. When we finally did we went for a ride his front brakes were progressively getting tighter and tighter until he could no longer pull the brake lever and the calipers were pretty much locked up. I cracked the bleeder valve open to relieve some pressure and that released the brakes so we could ride back home with him just using the rear brake. Once home I had taken the front calipers apart to see if anything was hanging them up but they surprisingly looked practically brand new inside. the pots/pistons were very smooth and the seals were in great shape. I cleaned everything up anyway, lubed everything up and put everything back together and re-bled the brakes. It took the same amount of effort as before to get pressure back but once we did we went for another ride. the same thing happened. This time I relieved pressure from the bleeder at the M/C and the brakes released once again which leads me to believe that the M/C is not releasing the pressure back into the reservoir, which by the way is not over filled.
I have been searching the inter-web for the past couple hours and still can not find the right solution for the problem with my brothers front brakes. I have also been trying to locate the correct rebuild kit for the M/C but with no luck on that either. I am almost positive that the calipers are not the problem and that it is indeed a problem with the M/C. Any light shed on this matter would be greatly appreciated whether it be a possibly solution to this problem or a direction to the correct rebuild kit. I know there are a lot of great minds on this forum and I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts. We are so eager to get out and ride together so the sooner I get this resolved the better. Thanks in advance! Sorry for the book :laugh