Petenz,


you had this problem yourself and you think it is air in the system ? Unrelated to all the issues I face ? After the master cylinder don't we go straight into the fluidreservoir ? So then there is nothing in between if I am correct on the XT660Z model 2014.

Did you have any issues with spongy brakes before you opened the system?..

If not then you have introduced air. Personally Id be inclined to empty the system and start again with new fluid.

Im assuming you havent cracked any joins in the system too,just the bleed nipples.

No I have not bleeded the brakes on any other position besides opening the nipples and closing them aswell as opening the reservoir on top to refill fluid. Someone told me to hold the brake upside down and then tap it, someone who owns a triumph Bonneville and had a same problem , couldn't get air out of system and who also tried with same pump etc .. I could try this aswell. What I have done now is left the lever tightened overnight and let us see what that gives. Then debolt the left brake hold it upside down and drain it once more without vacuum pump. If that doesn't do it I have no clue.


Yes, the brakes a more spongy than before switching the pads , but after so much draining it seems like it has to be drained well ?


There is also the matter of my bleeding nipples making a lot of air and almost no full fluid as I mentioned which also seems odd to me is this ever the case that bleeding goes that weird ?

I have 6 pot calipers on my other bike and these can be a pita to bleed.

As I said earlier in the thread I have held the brake lever closed overnight,with the res lid off to force air back up to its highest point.

I have also tapped the brake lines,used a vibrating electric sanding plate to try and move trapped air.

If the bleed nipples are allowing air in when you open them to allow air out then I can only think that the tube your using to drain the fluid is too loose and dragging it in there. Try a smaller tube maybe?..one that you have to warm up to actualy get it over the bleed nipple..

Alright I will give that a go, I think it has to be the air in the left side since it keeps on dragging and I have no clue how to solve it lol.


I left the lever strapped overnight so that has been fixed. I will debolt the brake hold it upside down and give it some ticks as I know someone with a Triumph who had bleed issues and couldn't get all the air out of his brakes and doing this actually fixed it for that guy. Afterwards I will also try to tick on all the brakelines.


Should I keep focus on the side of the bike on the left , the side which has the hot brakedisc or do it for both brakes ??


Thanks for all the replies so far, I hope we can fix it ! Can't find a lot of info on the internet in general that helps me out besides this forum =D

If you have opened both brake lines then I would bleed both.

Cant see why air would cause it to stick tbh. I would have thought that's more something mechanical like a dragging/flipped/torn seal or crud. Did you actually strip the caliper down and check/flush it externaly with brake cleaner etc?..

I left the lever under tension overnight and noticed that the day after the bleeder nipple at the left wqhere it also drags leaked slightly. With slightly I mean it was wet and maybe 1 drop came out. at the other side it was still clean, I thoroughly cleaned it before doing it so could be the bleeder nipple being faulty. Im going to order two new brembo nipples to be certain.


Havent bleeded yet as I have to work to much and am using my second motorcycle for now. I will come back to this topic as soon as I have tried the above and have results !

Ok solution to this problem,


After looking and looking the bleeding system I used for other bikes does not work on the tenere. The bleeding valves are leaking like mad and you need a decent bleeder system for it to work. We drained all air with another system and the problem got fixed ...


That was it.

Are you saying that you ended up using a different type of brake bleeder?..if so which type did you use?..it might help someone else in the future.

Did you end up replacing the bleed nipples ?

I pulled out the nipples and they where fine after sanding them a bit.


I used a different type of bleeder but cannot put on the info for that one since it was done without me seeing the device in the garage because mine didn't work !


But the bleeder was a cheap device with plastic hoses which is used and sold commonly. I can re assure you those don't work on the XT ...


Better to have a bleeder with a more solid close to it.