Are you a troll trying to get people to ruin a lung or two? I know a guy spent his life with one lung from syphoning gas.

FFS grow up!!:) I read in a service manual that you should grease any nipples during routine maintenance and consequently ruined over a dozen football tops as the grease spots irreversibly and to my annoyance marked my shirts:) I guess I will never follow a service manual again!

In a perfect work where the repair budget is unlimited sure thing. I'd have all the tools I want. In the real world however, men have to find ways to make things work with unconventional tools. The nut was loosened with a socket prior to shooting the video btw. I'm not about to open the valve all the way, let air in, and then bleed it. Counterproductive us know? Or were you too busy being a smart ass?

@@matthewbrodersen8973 hes right, buy a cheap spanner set or something lol

I’m on the road to see what’s going on with you lol but you gotta

I gotta know did you every find out what was happening

Mountain Biker at 400-500 degrees a plastic shop vac would be a puddle on the ground. Also if you pay attention to the setup itself I am not connecting the vacuum directly to the hose itself and no fluid enters the vacuum. However, it is possible for vapors to enter the vacuum. Aside from this video which was taken after more than 2+ hours of me doing this the vacuum was undamaged. It still operates to this day. Years later. ($20 shop vac) So I would say the risk of damaging the vacuum to be minimal. As to the concerns about the vice grips....my God I'm dying with laughter. I'm not using a wrench for a finger tight fitting. It was pre-loosed with a wrench. As to the paint job, it already had severe damage. Although I do love all the hate coming from people riding pristine expensive rides. If you have the money for a shop, go pay for a shop. This video is for those of us who don't. Nobody, and I mean nobody had a solution video posted at the time I made this. If you have a better, workable solution, by all means post a video and watch the ninnies wring their hands. 55k+ views means somebody got some help out of this. That's what it's about for me.

Return hole in MC is plugged

Trying to get my bike running. Wyd

I was rapidly pumping 5-10 times followed by a sustained pull. It seemed to work much better.

+Matthew Brodersen thank you!

Matthew Brodersen pumping after shop vac or before? Can you explain more in detail? Thank you.

@@matthewbrodersen8973 , Seems that info would have been something important to include in the video.

I was rapidly pumpin the clutch handle and then holding it in for 5-10 seconds. It sounds to me like you need to rebuild the valve assembly that is housed just under the upper reservoir. There are O-rings that can wear out over time and lead to a loss of pressure.

Matthew Brodersen I did , I rebuilt and replaced the master (upper reservoir) with all new parts and rings, spring , etc. and the same with the slave . What is that blue thing valve thing you used?

1stofer Oh , and were you holding the lever in while vacuuming? Thanks again

The blue thing was a one way valve pump. I bought it at auto zone for maybe $7. Any one way valve system will work provided it keeps the brake fluid from entering your shop vacuum. The shop vacuum provided the suction to draw fluid from the entire system. Until the system is fully voided of air I reused the fluid by throwing it in a brake fluid container and topping off as I went

Matthew Brodersen Well I finally got it . Went to advance auto and got a bleeder pump and instead of bleeding the whole system , I started first by bleeding the master by unscrewing the cable and putting the bleeder pump hose on it and pumped the master with the lever in and out . That was the whole problem , a little air in the master that wouldnt come out after all those other things I tried , amazing . Thanks for your help and safe riding to ya.

Yes, it's always a great idea for your first vehicle to learn on to be brand new. Sorry but I don't do mommy/daddy bought. Besides, a mid-sized bike with a shaft drive is a great riding experience. I primarily commute with it to college and take the occasional road trip. Magnas are nimble, responsive, with a fair amount of torque. Top speed to date is 110 mph @8k RPM. (Slight downhill grade) So meh, I'd rather have this over a shiny, over-complicated bike that I can't work on myself.

+Robert Bass You can take that as a no.

Care to elaborate?