Goodridge stainless lines.

[Captain Black]

I'll be fitting front and rear brake lines on my 2002 GS1150 none ABS tmrw at my mates garage ( just incase I F*** Up )

Does anyone know what I should torque the banjo bolts to ? Can't ind anything on a search.

Also any tips for installation ?

I've put a bit of 3 in One oil around the bleed screws to help bleeding tmrw.

Bikes been stood 3 years but I've got it MOT'd and taxed today and done an engine/filter, gearbox and FD oil change.

I've had the bike from new ( 2002 ) so I think the lines are due!!

Bloody thing runs as sweet as the day I put it away . It's only got 22k and is the bike that carried me on my trip to Morocco in 2007.

I'm kinda attached o the old girl ...

 

[Ian J Hartley]

I'll be fitting front and rear brake lines on my 2002 GS1150 none ABS tmrw at my mates garage ( just incase I F*** Up )

Does anyone know what I should torque the banjo bolts to ? Can't ind anything on a search.

Also any tips for installation ?

I've put a bit of 3 in One oil around the bleed screws to help bleeding tmrw.

Bikes been stood 3 years but I've got it MOT'd and taxed today and done an engine/filter, gearbox and FD oil change.

I've had the bike from new ( 2002 ) so I think the lines are due!!

Bloody thing runs as sweet as the day I put it away . It's only got 22k and is the bike that carried me on my trip to Morocco in 2007.

I'm kinda attached o the old girl ...

As I like you! 18Nm

 

[Littledumptruck]

Plumbers Ptfe around the nipples helps, and bin the stupid right hand bleed thing and replace it with a std nipple. But warm the caliper to soften the thread lock first or it could snap off.

 

[Captain Black]

As I like you! 18Nm

I just used my judgement .... Scary I know.

Nip then nipity nip.

 

[Captain Black]

Plumbers Ptfe around the nipples helps, and bin the stupid right hand bleed thing and replace it with a std nipple. But warm the caliper to soften the thread lock first or it could snap off.

PTFE tape ! I just couldn't !

Anyway I've managed another day of wonderful achievement ..

Once I'd recovered the situation of a snapped Torx 40 in the front reservoir banjo bolt all went fairly swimmingly , fitted front and rear stainless goodrige and they look splendid. Took a while to work out the bleeding method with that stupid bleed screw between the bottom and top hoses , hidden nicely under the wiring loom. Any I mucked about with the bleed method and got there in the end.

The clutch was a cock up, I f***** the grub screw up, so developed another method and undid the 13mm part of that daft bleeding thingy they fasten to the frame.

Got nice fresh fluid through and all working well. Didn't take much effort or fluid as the line is so skinny.

All done and dusted now .

 

[Robh1664]

Well done that man ! I like a story with a happy ending

 

[Bendy toy]

PTFE tape makes a lot of sense. The aluminium caliper threads are bare metal, many bleed nipples are stainless and brake fluid absorbs moisture. The PTFE breaks the electrical contact and stops it all going solid by the next time you want to bleed the brakes

 

[Captain Black]

PTFE tape makes a lot of sense. The aluminium caliper threads are bare metal, many bleed nipples are stainless and brake fluid absorbs moisture. The PTFE breaks the electrical contact and stops it all going solid by the next time you want to bleed the brakes

Copper ease ...

 

[Antti]

Ptfe tape makes bleeding easier when it seals the nipples thread.

 

[Captain Black]

Ptfe tape makes bleeding easier when it seals the nipples thread.

I'm sure it works , but my from new GS1150 ( 2002 ) has never had seized bleed nipples. It sat for a few years until I changed the hoses and obviously the lines, I just renewed the copper ease.

My first thought is perhaps brake fluid and ptfe tape would clash and it would eventually break the tape down and could end up in the brake lines/system.

 

[Antti]

Normally tape doesen't even touch the brake fluid, cone in the end of the nipple seals just as usual. Tape just prevents air leak while bleeding. Specially when using vacuum bleeder.

I haven't had never any problems with corrosion with or without tape.

 

[ahutcheon]

I'm sure it works , but my from new GS1150 ( 2002 ) has never had seized bleed nipples. It sat for a few years until I changed the hoses and obviously the lines, I just renewed the copper ease.

My first thought is perhaps brake fluid and ptfe tape would clash and it would eventually break the tape down and could end up in the brake lines/system.

Stainless brake lines have a PTFE liner, fwiw

 

[Captain Black]

Stainless brake lines have a PTFE liner, fwiw

Bit more to it than plumbers tape though ?

 

[ahutcheon]

Bit more to it than plumbers tape though ?

I imagine so, but it suggests brake fluid isn't going to do anything to a bit of plumbers tape on the bleed nipple thread.

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[Captain Black]

I imagine so, but it suggests brake fluid isn't going to do anything to a bit of plumbers tape on the bleed nipple thread.

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Well I'm always willing to learn

Think I'll stick with a smidgen of copper ease though.