01-02-2015, 06:58 AM
Additional to SUPERCRUZ's hint:
After attaching the clear tube to the bleed valve and removing the cover from the container, you can just open the bleed nipple srew a bit and pull the lever a little bit. This opens the pump in the handle far enough, that the fluid just starts to rinse out by gravity.
Keep filling after fresh fluid on top into the container, while it is draining. Avoid getting air into the system by refilling carefully!
If fresh fluid appears down in the clear tube, you can close the bleed valve, fluid is changed.
Be carefully and work clean. DOT 4 hydraulic liquid is aggressive to plastic and painting. Cover your fuel tank with an old t-shirt or something.
If you really need bleeding support, you can attach this to the clear tube to suck the fluid out:
After attaching the clear tube to the bleed valve and removing the cover from the container, you can just open the bleed nipple srew a bit and pull the lever a little bit. This opens the pump in the handle far enough, that the fluid just starts to rinse out by gravity.
Keep filling after fresh fluid on top into the container, while it is draining. Avoid getting air into the system by refilling carefully!
If fresh fluid appears down in the clear tube, you can close the bleed valve, fluid is changed.
Be carefully and work clean. DOT 4 hydraulic liquid is aggressive to plastic and painting. Cover your fuel tank with an old t-shirt or something.
If you really need bleeding support, you can attach this to the clear tube to suck the fluid out: