[tex2018]

The little bit of fluid that is in the MC, that you want to take out with the turkey baster is not worth fooling with. A few extra pumps will remove that while chasing it out with fresh fluid. A hose on each bleeder hung in a container with fluid works well but you will need the wheels off. A pressure bleeder works best but not many people have them.

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Why would I need the wheels off (considering that I can reach the bleeder nipples with the wheels on). Is there something else I would need to access ?

 

[tex2018]

Thanks, I found a pic that shows the outer and inner bleed screw . Makes sense now

 

[tex2018]

For what it's worth, the DOT4 fluid that I bought did declare on the bottle that it was "rated" for 50000 miles

 

[tex2018]

Performed the flush this evening as per procedure using the old school Gatorade bottle method rather than using a vacuum bleeder . Only place I messed up was doing both rear brakes before the fronts . In any case , I got clear fluid out of all bleeder screws at the end so it's all good .

The old fluid was medium amber / honey colored as opposed to the clear / pale yellow new fluid ( I eventually decided to use DOT 3)

 

[tex2018]

 

[tex2018]

Feels a bit better than before + mental peace of mind knowing that it's been taken care of.

For what it's worth , I used a harbor freight pneumatic bleeder to suck some old fluid from the reservoir and also the inverted fill bottle from the kit as a fresh fluid reservoir.

I used 3/16 fuel line hose feeding into a bottle of old fluid powered by pumping the pedal for the actual bleeding process .