Need some info

[Warlock]

Friend of mine has a 07 Goldwing with a Motortrike solid axle rear end. Info I need is his has the disk rear brakes and thinking on adding speed bleeders to them. Does anyone know what size bleeders that they use in the calipers?

thanks, David

 

[CrystalPistol]

Looks like time to pull one & measure depth & thread ... but you're gonna make a mess.

Not worth hassle IMHO. I put speed bleeders on some, in a year or two they were stopped up, so now I just stick with regular bleeders and I keep a few spares on hand, and caps on the ones in use. I use vacuum bleeding ... or ... I get "Wife Unit" to help if a long reach from lever to bleeder.

I have a pressure bleeder set up I made using a cheap garden sprayer but it's really for when I want to bleed & change out fluid in a 4 wheeler, not for on a bike / trike. I have a vacvuum bleeder that is operated by hand (Mighty Vac) and I have one with collection jug attached that operates with air compressor (and has a bottle that fills the MC as fluid is pulled through), but often I just use the "pump & release" method until I see no air bubbles. Speed bleeders are great unless the hose pops off while you pump, thus making a mess.