I replaced the front brakes on my 2003 suzuki intruder 1400 and unscrewed the caliper in half. Now I can not get the caliper to rebuild pressure. Any ideas

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Hi, my thoughts are directed more towards the calipers, pads, or even a worn or warped disc, if you still have the rubber brake lines fitted, when you have a reduced brake effort, clamp your brake line as close to the master cylinder as poss with a pipe clamp or a pair of smooth jaw. Grips. If your mastercylinder is faulty the feel in the lever will remain the same with or without the clamped lines, if the feel of the lever is verry firm with no travel the mastercylinder is holding pressure, you can then try moving the clamp further down the line, rechecking the feel at the lever at different points

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A good rule of thumb is 14 foot lbs.

SOURCE: Clutch bleed on a Suzuki 1400 Intruder 2000

One the left-hand side of the bike (facing forward), there is cover plate just ahead of the drive shaft. Remove that cover (mine has 8mm bolts). The bleeder valve is under this cover. Go to an auto parts store and get a "one man bleeder kit" or if you have some plastic tubing that will fit over the valve, you can use that and a clean jar. Follow the instructions on the bleeder kit, or if you're using the jar and tubing, fill the jar about a quarter of the way with break fluid (use DOT4, but never DOT5!). Take the cover off the master cylinder up at the handlebars, place the tube over the end of the bleed valve (after loosening it a turn or two. Place the other end of the tube down in the break fluid in the jar. Work the clutch lever until you stop getting bubbles in the jar. Be sure to keep the fluid level up in the reservoir. Tighten the bleeder valve, remove the tubing, top off the fluid and replace the covers.

Be careful not to get brake fluid on anything. It will eat paint and mess up other things.

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Push the caliper pistons fully in.Pour fluid from the top and watch it always so it never runs out of fluid during the procedure.Turn the bleeder on the caliper counterclockwise 3/4 of a turn.Have a tube attached on the bleeder with its other end in a bottle.Press the lever once all the way in. Hold it pressed.Close the bleederRelease the leverRepeat until no air bubbles comes out of the bleeder.You should already feel a little pressure on the lever.Now start pushing the lever 10 times (pressing the master cylinder) and on the last one, hold the lever in and open the bleeder. Close the bleeder and release the lever.Repeat that until no air bubbles comes out of the bleeder.At this point you should be ready to ride.If you still don't have pressure on your lever, you need to take the brake master cylinder apart for repair.

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you have to use a vacum pump.