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[Closed] Hayes bleed adapter (for master cylinder)

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I need to get hold of an adapter to connect the hose to the master cylinder/lever. Do I have any alternative to buying the wildly expensive official kit?


 
Posted : 04/06/2013 11:47 am
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Do you really need it?
As you push the fluid up from the piston*, if you take out the plug out & carefully mop up the excess fluid as it comes out...

* Well that what you do with my 9's anyways.


 
Posted : 04/06/2013 11:51 am
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Well not *really* and that's what I'm going to do as a last resort - but an adapter would allow me to attach a tube though which is cleaner and you can see bubbles better.


 
Posted : 04/06/2013 11:59 am
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Dunno what that is (yes ok, it s a Hayes stroker bleed fitting), what he actually after is the metal thing with the spring (no idea what the spring is for), as per this;

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8384


 
Posted : 04/06/2013 12:46 pm
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I just use a length of pipe with a small "V" cut out, this lets the tube squeeze into the bleed hole, never had a spill yet.


 
Posted : 04/06/2013 1:58 pm
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Actually it was jims link that I was after. I had already found it but thanks anyway.


 
Posted : 09/06/2013 1:28 pm
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I stand corrected, but TBF I did make mention that it was the 9's I knew about...


 
Posted : 09/06/2013 1:30 pm
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You can find our Hayes Stroker specific bleed kit here if it helps:

http://www.epicbleedsolutions.com/products/bleed-kits/hayes/stroker/basic-kit/

Also available with brake fluid.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:01 pm
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Thanks for the info EBS, but please keep up at the back 😉


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:03 pm

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