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Old May 2nd, 2009, 08:33 PM     #11
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Re: bleeding the brakes

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I find the easiest way to get fluid into the front brake is to reverse bleed by pushing the fluid in the calliper the air goes up the brake pipe and out through the master cylinder
i use a large syringe with some plastic tubing on the end fill the syringe fit the end of the tubing over the bleed nipple open the nipple and push the plunger of the syringe and the fluid goes in and pushes the air up the brake hose and out the top
using this method cover should be loosely fitted to the master cylinder to prevent splash
+1 here i reverse bleed
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Old May 3rd, 2009, 09:04 AM     #12
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Re: bleeding the brakes

I'll get pic's of the legends master cylinder and try to post them. I do not know how to do the link's in a post. I will try though.
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Old May 3rd, 2009, 09:08 AM     #13
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I'll get pic's of the legends master cylinder and try to post them. I do not know how to do the link's in a post. I will try though.
Right click on the link and copy shortcut,then paste it in your post
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