[SimmsJeremy]

New to the site. Recently purchased a 2001 Honda Rancher 350ES. Rig needed new brakes which wasn't to hard installing the hardware but I can't for the life of me get them bled. I've tried doing the hand pump method, one man brake bleeding method with a bottle, and even went out and bought a vacuum pump from the parts store. Why can't I build any pressure? I keep jumping from passenger side to driver side and I have fluid consistently running through but there is always air bubbles. Assumed there was a leak so I tried grease and even dissambled all the lines and tried Teflon tape. Still no luck still getting bubbles. Any help is always appreciated. Thanks

 

[retro]

Is the master cylinder in good (not leaking) condition? Is it OEM Honda?

If so, check this Sticky out and see if pinching the brake hose near the master cylinder helps:

http://www.hondaatvforums.net/forums/brakes-suspension/15549-how-bleed-your-brakes.html

 

[SamUK]

Ooh, there’s a ‘nack’ to bleeding brakes! Some are easy and some are an ongoing PITA! All is explained in the thread posted above.
Let us know how you get on, if your experiences are different or you tried other ways, pop a post in the thread above for future reference