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Ive been tinkering on Tenere's for quite sometime. For most folks including myself, spinning the pump while bleeding the brakes has never been available unless you had the Yamaha dealer computer. Ive not been aware of the ability to do this on your own without the dealers machine.
For people that don't know, If you are bleeding your brakes and get air in the pump, its really difficult to get this air out (of the pump). You need to activate the pump and "spin the pump" to help cycle the air out. I was talking with an engineer friend yesterday, I was helping him with a Tenere ABS situation ironically. During the conversation he mentioned that he can 'spin the pump' in his own shop to get the air out of the pump. I about fell out of my chair when he told me this info. Its VERY good info to STICKY this info for folks, this is extremely helpful when working on your Tenere brakes / ABS.
Ive never been aware of this procedure and I wish I had known about this info over the last ten years. This will save you TONS of time and many four letter words. I wanted to share this info with the community. Ive not had a chance to try this in the last since the call yesterday, but he has told me he has used this procedure many times and works perfectly.
Also, when flushing out your brake system this will work very well to get all the old fluid out of the pump, so you can actually change out all the fluid.
Save this info for all the garage mechanics out there !
Process:
Summarized:
-Up on Center stand.
-Make sure the side stand kill switch works.
-Leave it in gear.
-Make sure your battery is well charged.
-Install the test adapter (Jump top two wires, Light Blue and Black) on the ABS test plug under the seat.
-Confirm the side stand is down.
-Ignition key ON (I waited for fuel pump to stop)
-Press and hold the Starter Button for at least 4 seconds (doesn't start since it is in gear and side stand is down)
-Release the starter button.
-After releasing the starter button, pull the front brake lever and press the rear brake pedal simultaneously and continue to hold both.
-The front lever should pulsate for a few seconds, then the rear pedal will pulsate a few seconds, and then the front will pulsate again.
-Release the brakes, ignition off, put it in neutral, remove the test adapter, etc....
For people that don't know, If you are bleeding your brakes and get air in the pump, its really difficult to get this air out (of the pump). You need to activate the pump and "spin the pump" to help cycle the air out. I was talking with an engineer friend yesterday, I was helping him with a Tenere ABS situation ironically. During the conversation he mentioned that he can 'spin the pump' in his own shop to get the air out of the pump. I about fell out of my chair when he told me this info. Its VERY good info to STICKY this info for folks, this is extremely helpful when working on your Tenere brakes / ABS.
Ive never been aware of this procedure and I wish I had known about this info over the last ten years. This will save you TONS of time and many four letter words. I wanted to share this info with the community. Ive not had a chance to try this in the last since the call yesterday, but he has told me he has used this procedure many times and works perfectly.
Also, when flushing out your brake system this will work very well to get all the old fluid out of the pump, so you can actually change out all the fluid.
Save this info for all the garage mechanics out there !
Process:
Summarized:
-Up on Center stand.
-Make sure the side stand kill switch works.
-Leave it in gear.
-Make sure your battery is well charged.
-Install the test adapter (Jump top two wires, Light Blue and Black) on the ABS test plug under the seat.
-Confirm the side stand is down.
-Ignition key ON (I waited for fuel pump to stop)
-Press and hold the Starter Button for at least 4 seconds (doesn't start since it is in gear and side stand is down)
-Release the starter button.
-After releasing the starter button, pull the front brake lever and press the rear brake pedal simultaneously and continue to hold both.
-The front lever should pulsate for a few seconds, then the rear pedal will pulsate a few seconds, and then the front will pulsate again.
-Release the brakes, ignition off, put it in neutral, remove the test adapter, etc....