Well I had a beautiful ride in the early Spring weather today.... right up to the point I lost my rear bakes....
Thankfully, I still had front brakes, but my rear circuit was completely gone. Sudden catastophic failure.
No fluid leaks, no arpparent abnormal wear. I was only abut 20 miles from my dealer so I hobbled the chopper into them and they said that they have been having several repeat issues with the front caliper rear coupling circuit (for lack of a better term) developing an air bubble in the line between the master cylinder and the front caliper (the line on the inside of the caliper closest to the front wheel). They bled the circuit and all was again well and the brakes worked as normal. The fulid was not quite two years old but the reccommended replacement interval is 2 years so I had them flush and replace the fluid while I was there.
Has anyone else had this or a similar experience with their rear brakes? The dealer said it was unique to Freewheelers (they did not specify a model year or range of model years)
I am telling you what man... The "pucker factor" goes WAY UP when you step on the brake at 65mph on a busy freeway and nothing happens.... so I want to explore this topic with anyone who has had a similar experience befoer I call Mother MoCo tech services...
Thankfully, I still had front brakes, but my rear circuit was completely gone. Sudden catastophic failure.
No fluid leaks, no arpparent abnormal wear. I was only abut 20 miles from my dealer so I hobbled the chopper into them and they said that they have been having several repeat issues with the front caliper rear coupling circuit (for lack of a better term) developing an air bubble in the line between the master cylinder and the front caliper (the line on the inside of the caliper closest to the front wheel). They bled the circuit and all was again well and the brakes worked as normal. The fulid was not quite two years old but the reccommended replacement interval is 2 years so I had them flush and replace the fluid while I was there.
Has anyone else had this or a similar experience with their rear brakes? The dealer said it was unique to Freewheelers (they did not specify a model year or range of model years)
I am telling you what man... The "pucker factor" goes WAY UP when you step on the brake at 65mph on a busy freeway and nothing happens.... so I want to explore this topic with anyone who has had a similar experience befoer I call Mother MoCo tech services...