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    Senior Member Red Zed 1's Avatar
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    the age old method of tube from nipple in jar of fluid,operate lever several times then open bleed nipple as the lever is pressed then close nipple with lever fully pressed,repeat process until fluid runs clear(no air bubbles)might take a few attempts but always works for me..
    if you need a hand then i could come over to help..
    where are you at??
    ride to work,work to live,live to ride
     
     

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    Thanks for the offer Al, should have mentioned I've been trying this method. All OK, no bubbles and fluid is moving through the system. The mystery to me is, how am I managing to get the pressure once the piston is pushed back into the calliper, but the pressure drops once the piston moves back to the operating position? To keep the piston back in the calliper I inserted a strip of 3mm aluminium between the piston and disc to get the piston right back into the calliper. Must be something up with the calliper/piston assembly, possibly?
     
     

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