So the front brake system has stopped holding fluid on my sm610 and I can't seem to find where it is leaking from. I have filled the master cylinder twice looking for leaks and the fluid slowly disappears but I don't see any sign of fluid on the bike, master cylinder, caliper, or floor. I'm tempted to just rebuild the master cylinder and caliper as the front brakes have always disappointed me. I feel like If I grab a fistful of front brake the bike should bring the back wheel up and try to flip me over the bars which it has never done. Does anybody have any guidance or suggestions or Is poor front braking normal for these bikes?
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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
Front brake issue
- Thread starter Raaron12
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First of all, before you take the master cylinder or the caliper apart, be aware of the fact that, since some years ago, people have said many times that Brembo discontinued rebuild kits. People say that the only way is to send the component to an official dealer to have it rebuilt.
On the other hand, it's possible to find some OEM (or OEM-looking) kits online, so I don't know what to think about it.
With my bike one can brake hard enough to lift the rear wheel without squeezing the lever completely. Considering the importance of the front brake for both safety and fun, I suggest that you check its components.
Was the brake system empty? How much fluid have you poured into the reservoir?
On the other hand, it's possible to find some OEM (or OEM-looking) kits online, so I don't know what to think about it.
With my bike one can brake hard enough to lift the rear wheel without squeezing the lever completely. Considering the importance of the front brake for both safety and fun, I suggest that you check its components.
It's normal, when you fill an empty brake system, that the level drops many times before becoming steady.Raaron12 said:
Was the brake system empty? How much fluid have you poured into the reservoir?