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sukida 125 moped?

put my bike in for service and when it went on the machine for a test the brakefluid cable had split the garage said it would cost £70 for repair is it that much
kaz, June 2010
just like bb says its easy to do i would expect to pay about 20 for a nice bit of braided hose for it and about 5 quid for a bottle of dot4 brake fluid. do it this way take the brake resevoir cap off and get a small sheet of cling film with no holes in it nas lay it over the resevoir then put the cap back on if you need to force the screws though the film thats fine,then screw the cap back down,this will create a vaccum and stop all the fuid from leaving the resevoir,then undo the top hose banjo bolt and let it rest in a pot on the floor then put you new hose on the master cylinder then undo the bottom banjo bolt and then fit you hose the caliper.just bleed it now have a spanner on the bleed screw on the caliper and put some clear hose on the end of the bleed nipple take the cap off the resevoir now and remove the film,make sure the fluid is full up and then pump the lever about 5 times and hold it in then undo the bleed screw for a 1 second and then do it back up,then repeat the pumping and bleeding cycleuntil all the air is out and you have good resistance at the lever.dont let the fluid run out it will put you straight to square one.

adam bike doctor, June 2010
If you did it yourself you would save about £50-00
To change a brake pipe and bleed brakes is really easy. If you have basic skills you can do it.
Source a new pipe buy the right fluid.
I would invest in a good motorcycle manual (borrow one from libary) and then check how to do it. You may need a bit of practice bleeding the brake but its really staright forward. Do not buy one of these brake bleeding kits. They are expensive and rubbish! Use a bit of piping. Good Luck.

bb, June 2010
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