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Not a huge amount more complicated I don't think...apart from the vacuum thing, you attach syringe to lower part, open up the system and push...
The vacuum thing definitely gets some air out of the system though. Re-bled both front and back on my sus bike but haven't ridden it yet - next week riding in the Lakes should see if it's made a difference.
The bleed kit all feels good quality and makes the process easy - it's just how effective it is..... I've only really dealt with Hope before and they must be a lot more tolerent of a bit of air in the system. Degassing the fluid in the syringe is an interesting step - I was surprised that did anything. It's a bit different to just pouring fluid into an open lever on the Hopes!
both brakes working well now. I think I screwed up adjusting the contact point adjuster when bleeding the first time - becasue the levers are identical one of them needs to be wound up, one of them down before bleeding.
I'm assuming if I don't push the pistons back and bleed the brake then where the pistons are now will be the 'return' point of the piston?
Mine are due a bleed in next few weeks...
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I need to purchase a new set of pads for my rear tomorrow.. what pads are people running? Looking for something that may last.. I'm riding dry dusty trails..?
The only pads worth having are the genuine sram pads. I've tried a few different brands and none of them are as good as the OEM ones.
I prefer the sintered pads but they do wear pretty quickly.. Luckily Merlin Cycles usually have them at a reasonable price..
I've just had to bail two stages into Ardrock with a bad front RS 🙁 Doubly unfortunately the SRAM van was packing up when I got back to the village so couldn't pick their brains on it.
Very little brake action at the front although the lever didn't pull to the bar or anything, meaning that I had fierce rear brake and virtually no front which was getting a bit dangerous.
They've been bled recently and I note that the front lost a noticeable amount of fluid when I removed the syringe to replace the screw (which the rear didn't) which I suspect may be the root of my issue - possibly there just isn't enough fluid in there (and therefore I suppose probably a large amount of air as something must be filling the space that the fluid isn't) I've never seen a Shimano or Avid lose this much at that point. I've always been pretty good at bleeding Avid and Formula so while it's possible I've screwed up I think there may be a problem with this unit.
Other thing I note about the front lever is that the end of the lever return spring doesn't seat flush against the lever body like the rear does - it sort of sticks out in somewhere in the middle of the gap between the body and blade. Would I be right assuming this indicates the lever unit isn't properly assembled?
I love the brakes overall, much prefer them to the Shimanos I was running, but I need to get this sorted. Brake was on a whole (new) bike that I've had since January and apart from bleeding has not been messed with.