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  • How do you know when it's time to bleed your brakes?
  • filks
    Full Member

    Just wondering

    TIA

    weeksy
    Full Member

    just before you plough into a tree. 🙂

    In all seriousness. it can be a time thing, or a feel thing.

    If the lever is consistent, each time you pull it, it works the same, then you have no air in there.

    What does happen over time is little particles get through the dust seal and ‘contaminate’ your fluid ever so slightly…

    However saying all of that, your brakes are a sealed system… if sealed perfectly there’s no reason you ever need bleed them.

    MulletusMaximus
    Free Member

    Spongy and inconsistent feel for me.

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    annually or if the go spongy. DOT fluid brakes its particularly important as the fluid absorbs water and drops its boiling point

    davidjey
    Free Member

    As long as they feel right, leave ’em alone.

    First step for troubleshooting a brake problem for me is always to bleed it. If that doesn’t fix it, buy a new brake 😉

    Trimix
    Free Member

    Leave them well alone unless they feel spongey.

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