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Old 03-21-2006, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jcyuhn
Sounds like the classic problem of running the back half of the brake fluid reservoir dry. You have to fill the reservoir practically to the neck before fluid overflows from the front portion (which supplies only the front brakes) to the rear portion. Look at the reservoir with a strong light and you can see whether the rear portion of the reservoir is dry.

- JimY

Its actually the opposite, the rear chamber is for the front brakes, while the front is for the rear brakes.
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