Front Brakes Locking-up??

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k-dog · #1 Post by **k-dog** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 11:48 pm

The front brakes are locking up on the front of my quad.

I can turn the bleeder screw to let off the preasure and it works fine for while, then it will eventualy lock the front wheel up again.

It is an "03 Speed.

Please help.

dawzie · #2 Post by **dawzie** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 11:59 pm

It sounds like your master cyl. is rusty, dirty, gummed up with something. Squirt some WD-40 on the lever and in the area where the plunger is.

Did this just happen for a no good reason or was it after a tumble ?? Was it possible that a preasure washer was used around the master cyl. and now theres some rust ??

If that don't work, take the top of the master cyl. off and see if the fluid looks clean. Maybe it needs to get flushed out.

k-dog · #3 Post by **k-dog** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:05 am

Both, there was a tumble and I regularly use a pressure washer on it. But after the wreck it was doing fine for a while. I check the lines and none seem to be kinked. I think I will go ahead and flush the system.