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Old 12-13-2006   #7 (permalink)
DrEnglish
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Bleeding brakes is easy. Best to do it right--you don't want to take a chance with the brakes.

Before you go to the trouble of doing the full bleed, you should do two things:

Change the system for leaks. It should be a closed system.

Did you pump the brakes multiple times before tying them off overnight? I did a pad swap recently. I compressed the pistons to fit the new pads and the brakes had no resistance at all until I pumped them several times to advance the pistons to the point that the pads were madking contact with the caliper again.
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