Shimano Bleed Kits

Replaced a broken lever on my front brake, and now  need to bleed the MT410 caliper (on an Orbea Rise)  – it appears to have a grommet, rather than a nipple, at the caliper, and I’m struggling to find bleed kit online that has the relevant fitting for the syringe. I have all the other gubbins, including the cup for the resevoir bleed port.

Anyone point me in the direction of the correct kit?

If your still stuck, I tend to just gravity bleed mine from the lever. Works fine.

I’m tempted to buy an SLX 4 pot caliper and stick that on the front – Shimano levers and calipers are all interchangeable aren’t they?

I was going to add an image but that functionality appears to be broken. Remove the grommet, hose pushes over the bit revealed (and the hose is held in place with the short black thing with a hole in it – you may get away with just pushing the hose on), the bleed port is on the end of the caliper and is opened / closed with a 3mm allen key.

What he ^ said, like this video but I think the hex key bit is clear of the mounting bolt on the MT410.

https://youtu.be/XfGMGMhsp6U

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ditch_jockey

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I’m tempted to buy an SLX 4 pot caliper and stick that on the front – Shimano levers and calipers are all interchangeable aren’t they?

Not really. There are 2 different hose types. BH59 and BH90.

Your M410 uses BH59 and SLX uses BH90. You can get M420 calipers which are 4 pot and use the BH59 hose. I’m not sure if they give you the bleed nipple or not though.

If you get the a complete SLX brake, it’s east enough to fit the front.. The rear will probably need the motor and battery removing to pull the new hose through, it’s pretty tight in there.

Deore 6120s give just as power as the M7120s but use standard pads rather than the finned ones. M8120 are the same but have a nicer finish.

I was lucky with my Rise, it’s came with M6100 brakes so I just stuck some M6120 calipers on there.

If you’re going for different calipers, I’d get some different discs too, the standard resin only ones are a bit crap. In fact even if you’re not changing calipers, I’d still change the pads and rotors.

I’m tempted to buy an SLX 4 pot caliper and stick that on the front – Shimano levers and calipers are all interchangeable aren’t they?

Thanks folks – lots of useful info and experience. I’ve ordered a Deore M6120 caliper for the front, which should be a straight replacement for the existing part as it uses the direct fit hose end, not the banjo.