How To Bleed Brakes Made Easy

If you don't already know how to bleed brakes, (whether it be on your motorbike or car) this will make it easy for you. Changing the brake fluid on your bike is a simple, but important part of bike maintenance that should be done regularly.

1: Make sure your bike's clean, especially around the brake fluid reservoir. You don't want an ounce of muck getting in the lines. Top up the reservoir with the recommended brake fluid - usually dot 4.


2: You'll find a nipple on your brake caliper. Remove the rubber cap and place an empty container under it ready to catch the old brake fluid.

3: Give the brake lever 2 or 3 pumps. Using an open ended spanner, loosen the nipple while keeping pressure on the lever. Old fluid will come out of the nipple and your lever will go soft. Tighten up the nipple then let go of the lever. Repeat this process until you see the new fluid come out. It's very important you keep topping up the reservoir never allowing air to get in the lines.

4: Once you tighten the bleed nipple and replace the rubber cap, top up the reservoir to 3/4 full. Put the rubber diaphragm back in place and carefully screw the reservoir cap back on.

And there you have it! How to bleed brakes in 4 easy steps... any backyard monkey can do it.

Here's a couple of extra tips that might help you out...

• Spray the reservoir cap screws with CRC and let it soak. Sometimes those damn screws vibrate so tight, you end up stripping them just trying to get 'em out... very frustrating!
• If you still have a spongey feel to the brake, or just poor performance, you probably still have air in the lines. You may need to reverse bleed the lines using a syringe and rubber tube connected to the bleed nipple. You're best to have a chat with your local bike shop.

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