Avid Juicy 7's Setup

[ady]

I bought a pair of Juicy 7's second hand for my SS pub bike and having trouble geting them to work, anyone on hand with a bleed kit and some knowhow to help me sort them out please.

[James]

I've got the bleed kit and can lend a hand if you want.

[ady]

Dec 30, 2010 17:50:39 GMT James said:

I've got the bleed kit and can lend a hand if you want.

Yes please James when are you free?

[ady]

I still need a hand setting up bleeding my juicy 7's I have new olives and hose barbs also the pistons seem to be sticking, I would be happy to pop the bike over to someone who can help and has a bleed kit I have dot 5.1 fluid also.

[thistle]

Have you tried giving the exposed bit of the piston a clean with a cotton bud, then wiping a very small amount of DOT fluid on them to lubricate the piston and seals?

It helped mine when they were sticking, although the back one needs doing again quite badly.

There's some info here:
www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/avid-sticky-pistons-amp-bleeding-stupid-contraptions
Be careful what you lubricate them with as some lubes will destroy the seals. I think I've used Finish Line dry lube rather than DOT fluid and it's been OK, but I might have just been lucky ;D

[ady]

Feb 14, 2011 21:41:04 GMT thistle said:

Have you tried giving the exposed bit of the piston a clean with a cotton bud, then wiping a very small amount of DOT fluid on them to lubricate the piston and seals?

It helped mine when they were sticking, although the back one needs doing again quite badly.

There's some info here:
www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/avid-sticky-pistons-amp-bleeding-stupid-contraptions
Be careful what you lubricate them with as some lubes will destroy the seals. I think I've used Finish Line dry lube rather than DOT fluid and it's been OK, but I might have just been lucky ;D

Thanks Pete but need to connect the hoses and bleed the system etc etc as well as lubricate the pistons, should of thought about the fathing about with Avids before buying them.