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[Closed] HopeTech M4 Bleeding

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Is it normal for me to see very tiny air bubbles comming from inside the master cylinder when i pump the brake lever after the bleed nipple has been nipped back up at the caliper end

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Andy


 
Posted : 20/02/2010 11:01 pm
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yep, thats ok, you know you have to put the diaphragm and cap back on, turn the lever vertical, pump it a few times, put the lever flat again, remove diaphragm and top it up again?i think thats to expel those last few bubbles.


 
Posted : 20/02/2010 11:04 pm
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Yes done that cheers....just getting a bit worried like you always do when doing stuff like this at silly O clock the night b4 a early start.....one other thing...is it normal for the fluid to be proper brown/black and shitty even in the master cylinder ??

bike only 10 months old and its only the second bleed of the rears

thanks again.......


 
Posted : 20/02/2010 11:51 pm
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I'm surprised that you've bled your rear brakes twice in 10 months. I've been running Mono Mini's for over a year including a week in the Pyrenees and they've still fine. They got really, really hot in the Pyrenees too.

Whoever set them up must have left a few bubbles in the system in the first place...


 
Posted : 21/02/2010 4:48 am
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Go for a ride, fix the brake later. If you kill yourself riding, the un-bled brake won't matter much. Have fun!


 
Posted : 21/02/2010 6:07 am
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Snow stopped play 🙁

Will have to wait two whole weeks before test ride time ....bugga


 
Posted : 22/02/2010 2:04 pm

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