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Front brake banjo bolt fitment Print E-mail
The stock front brake fluid switch is fine but we think you can get a better feeling front brake using a traditional banjo bolt. It also neatens up the bars and removes a potential problem.

Unplug and remove the fluid switch. Replace it with a banjo bolt (see products-brakes for the part).

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Now bleed the brakes. We have had the most success with the reverse bleed method outlined here. You will need a syringe and a little clear line. (see roducts-tools for the syringe). We sell the syringe and line for $ 5.00. 

Straighten master cylinder so it is parallel with the ground and remove master cylinder cap.

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Suck 2/3 of the fluid from the master cylinder.

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Suck new fluid into the syringe. Dot 5.1 works the best.

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Attach a ring spanner and fluid filled syringe to calliper bleed nipple. Loosen the nipple. Tap the line and syringe to move any air bubbles up under the plunger. Then simply squeeze the fluid into the calliper locking the nipple shut before you run out of fluid in the syringe.

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Before the syringe is empty the master cylinder will spill over. To avoid this shut the nipple early and suck fluid out of the master cylinder as in step 1. To completely change the fluid you will use 3-4 syringes full. Sometimes you need to unbolt the calliper and drop it to the floor, this straightens out the brake line making the master cylinder the highest point of the system. Lightly tapping the brake line with a spanner can help unlock and tiny air bubbles caught in the braid of the line.  

 

 
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