[Ducati] 998 with spongy front brake

[Izaak]

Stefano

You need to bleed from everywhere.  Bleeding is 
not just to remove air, it is also to remove bad brake/hydraulic fluid.

Hydraulic fluid is hygrophilic, which means that 
it attracts water (actually absorbs 
it).  Condensation and humidity can introduce water to your brake fluid.

You should flush out your brake fluid at least 
annually with completely new fluid.  This 
requires you to bleed from the calipers.  Make 
sure to use DOT4 or the non-silicon based DOT5.1 
type (not sure what they call it in Europe, double check your owner manual)

rgds

At 05:20 AM 7/28/2006, you wrote:


>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: Stefano Marocchi [mailto:s.marocchi at mclink.it]
>Inviato: venerdì 28 luglio 2006 11:20
>A: 'Ducati Owners Group'
>Oggetto: R: [Ducati] 998 with spongy front brake
>
>Hi all,
>my brake now are working properly I just bleed directly from the master
>cylinder. Do you suggest to try bleed again from the calipers or do you
>think it's enough.
>
>Stefano
>
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] Per conto
>di Stefano Marocchi
>Inviato: martedì 18 luglio 2006 10:42
>A: 'Ducati Owners Group'
>Oggetto: R: [Ducati] 998 with spongy front brake
>
>I moved from Varese to Imola on April.
>
>
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] Per conto
>di Tom
>Inviato: martedì 18 luglio 2006 10:41
>A: Ducati Owners Group
>Oggetto: Re: [Ducati] 998 with spongy front brake
>
>Where are you in Italy?
>
>I live near Lugano.
>
>Tom
>
>
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