How do you bleed Hayes 9 brakes?

How do you bleed Hayes 9 brakes?

Bleeding car brakes is easy, just pour fluid into the reservoir, press the pedal, open the bleed screw on the caliper to let fluid through, retighten the bleed screw, release the pedal and repeat. All you need is brake fluid, a short length of clear plastic hose, an old plastic bottle and a ring spanner.

How do you adjust Hayes 9 hydraulic brakes?

Pull the wheel out and squeeze your brake lever half way (without the rotor), then re-insert the wheel… should bring the pistons closer to the rotor for quicker engagement. The lever adjustment screw just positions the lever, but doesn’t affect throw.

Are Hayes Nine brakes good?

We’ve used hundreds of sets of Hayes Nine brakes in our years of bike testing and these faithful speed eaters are still some of the best basic brakes around. They’re super consistent at the highest Alpine temperatures too, and while we eventually warped the rotor on the dyno, the brake itself was absolutely fine.

What happened to Hayes brakes?

In 2005 the company’s nine-member management team bought Hayes Brake with Nautic Partners, a private equity firm, and renamed the company HB Performance Systems Inc. Hayes Bicycle Group has acquired Sun Ringle hubs, rims, wheels and components, WheelSmith Fabrications, Inc. and Answer/Manitou.

How do you bleed old Hayes brakes?

1. 1 Assemble the bleed kit. Push the hose onto the nozzle of the bleed bottle.
2. 2 Remove brake pads. Remove both wheels, then remove the brake pads.
3. 3 Retract pistons.
4. 4 Get bike into correct position.
5. 5 Raise the bleed nipple.
6. 6 Attach long hose at lever.
7. 7 Attach bleed kit at calliper.
8. 8 Add oil and release trapped air.

Where are Hayes brakes manufactured?

Where are your products manufactured? At Hayes Performance Systems, we proudly manufacture our brake systems for power sports, heavy equipment, and military right here in the USA at our global headquarters in Mequon, Wisconsin, with reliable components from domestic and global partners.

What fluid does the Hayes sole use?

First things first: the Hayes system uses DOT 3 or DOT 4 mechanical brake fluid.

What do I need to bleed my car brakes?

Bleeding car brakes is easy, just pour fluid into the reservoir, press the pedal, open the bleed screw on the caliper to let fluid through, retighten the bleed screw, release the pedal and repeat. All you need is brake fluid, a short length of clear plastic hose, an old plastic bottle and a ring spanner.

What’s the best way to use Hayes bleed kit?

Another tip with the Hayes bleed kit that isn’t covered in the instructions: slide the spring on the end of the bottle hose, put the hose on the bleeder fitting, and slip the spring over fitting. It keeps the hose on the fitting so it doesn’t come off and make a mess. The Quimby! IAnyone have better instructions or a pictoral? thanks.

What’s the best way to bleed with a caliper?

Use a HUGE syringe. Degas the fluid in the syringe. Push fluid through the caliper bleed nut. Force it out the bleed hole at the lever (pointed up). Have the fitting in place with something to catch the overflow. Keep going till no more bubbles come out, or before you run low on fluid in the syringe.