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  • CatatonicBug
    Master of XSology
    • Oct 2008
    • 6117
    • Clinton, UT

    #16
    Originally posted by andysutt
    Maybe someone should post a tech article on how to bench bleed for those of us that don't know how
    All you gotta do is fill the MC and hold your fingers over the hole where the hose connects. Press the plunger in and let the air out of the hole. seal the hole back up with your finger, and release the plunger. Do this several times until fluid shoots out past your finger and you can't hold it back anymore.

    Once that is done, just install it in the bike and bleed the system like usual.
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    • andysutt
      Truly XSive
      • Mar 2009
      • 187
      • Conway AR

      #17
      Originally posted by CatatonicBug
      All you gotta do is fill the MC and hold your fingers over the hole where the hose connects. Press the plunger in and let the air out of the hole. seal the hole back up with your finger, and release the plunger. Do this several times until fluid shoots out past your finger and you can't hold it back anymore.

      Once that is done, just install it in the bike and bleed the system like usual.

      Thanks. I meant maybe a tech article on it, but this will work. lol

      I didn't know you could use your fingers however
      '80 XS 1100 Standard

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      • DiverRay
        Moderator
        • Nov 2004
        • 7598
        • Star, IDAHO

        #18
        I didn't know you could use your fingers however
        Yeah, just don't use the same finger to stir your drink, unless you wash it first!
        Ray Matteis
        KE6NHG
        XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
        XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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        • Ken Talbot
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Jun 2002
          • 4251
          • Revelstoke, BC

          #19
          Yup, Ray's on to it - you don't want to contaminate your fresh brake fluid.
          Ken Talbot

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