Hayes HFX9 info

[Dre]

Hi all, I bought a set of brand new in box Hayes HFX9 V8's off ebay not long
ago (yeah I know), they arrived last night and I installed em.

They feel all wrong. First off the front brake lever has heaps more travel
than my other set of V8's on my other bike, and when it finally engages, it
doesn't have as much power as the other bike.

The rears hardly engage at all and you can feel the piston in the brake
lever bottom out (is that bad for seals?)

Is this a good indication that they need re-oiling and a bleed???

I've never had empty hydraulic brakes before, only working ones so I dunno
whats going on...

Cheers Dre

 

[Michael Halliwell]

Dre wrote:

>Hi all, I bought a set of brand new in box Hayes HFX9 V8's off ebay not long
>ago (yeah I know), they arrived last night and I installed em.
>
>They feel all wrong. First off the front brake lever has heaps more travel
>than my other set of V8's on my other bike, and when it finally engages, it
>doesn't have as much power as the other bike.
>
>The rears hardly engage at all and you can feel the piston in the brake
>lever bottom out (is that bad for seals?)
>
>Is this a good indication that they need re-oiling and a bleed???
>
>I've never had empty hydraulic brakes before, only working ones so I dunno
>whats going on...
>
>Cheers Dre
>
>
>
>
Yeah, a good bleed and re-centering everything would do wonders.

Michael Halliwell

 

[Duncan]

"Dre" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all, I bought a set of brand new in box Hayes HFX9 V8's off ebay not
long
> ago (yeah I know), they arrived last night and I installed em.
>
> They feel all wrong. First off the front brake lever has heaps more
travel
> than my other set of V8's on my other bike, and when it finally engages,
it
> doesn't have as much power as the other bike.
>
> The rears hardly engage at all and you can feel the piston in the brake
> lever bottom out (is that bad for seals?)
>
> Is this a good indication that they need re-oiling and a bleed???

Sounds like they need bleeding. I just bled mine a couple of hours ago and
finaly got it right after more attempts than I'll admit to. HFX9s work
reasonably well when they're setup right but they are notoriously difficult
to get right.
I tried to get by without the bleed kit but until I managed to find/make all
the right size hoses/connectors I'd wasted a lot of time.

 

[Dre]

"Michael Halliwell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dre wrote:
>
>>Hi all, I bought a set of brand new in box Hayes HFX9 V8's off ebay not
>>long ago (yeah I know), they arrived last night and I installed em.
>>
>>They feel all wrong. First off the front brake lever has heaps more
>>travel than my other set of V8's on my other bike, and when it finally
>>engages, it doesn't have as much power as the other bike.
>>
>>The rears hardly engage at all and you can feel the piston in the brake
>>lever bottom out (is that bad for seals?)
>>
>>Is this a good indication that they need re-oiling and a bleed???
>>
>>I've never had empty hydraulic brakes before, only working ones so I dunno
>>whats going on...
>>
>>Cheers Dre
>>
>>
> Yeah, a good bleed and re-centering everything would do wonders.
>
> Michael Halliwell

Nice, thats what I was hoping. I've never had new hydro's that needed
bleeding from the factory so dunno how they feel

Cheers Dre

 

[Dre]

"Duncan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Dre" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hi all, I bought a set of brand new in box Hayes HFX9 V8's off ebay not
> long
>> ago (yeah I know), they arrived last night and I installed em.
>>
>> They feel all wrong. First off the front brake lever has heaps more
> travel
>> than my other set of V8's on my other bike, and when it finally engages,
> it
>> doesn't have as much power as the other bike.
>>
>> The rears hardly engage at all and you can feel the piston in the brake
>> lever bottom out (is that bad for seals?)
>>
>> Is this a good indication that they need re-oiling and a bleed???
>
> Sounds like they need bleeding. I just bled mine a couple of hours ago
> and
> finaly got it right after more attempts than I'll admit to. HFX9s work
> reasonably well when they're setup right but they are notoriously
> difficult
> to get right.
> I tried to get by without the bleed kit but until I managed to find/make
> all
> the right size hoses/connectors I'd wasted a lot of time.
>
>
Good stuff, just what I wanna hear. I dont have a bleed kit yet (still on
back order) so its booked in to get it done at the LBS tomorrow.

Cheers Dre