Need some Brake Bleeding help.
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Need some Brake Bleeding help.
I'm putting Bagger Apes on my Limited.
I put Apes on my Heritage (with ABS) and bled the brakes with no problems with my Mityvac bleeder. The Heritage just had one Caliper on the front wheel though, so it was a little easier. I just bled them from the Caliper while keeping the Master Cylinder full, until all air was out of the system.
My question is, on the Limited, with two Calipers on the front wheel, is there one side that is considered the "low" side, or do I just need to bleed both sides?
I'm just replacing the Brake Line from the Master Cylinder to the ABS Control box.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I put Apes on my Heritage (with ABS) and bled the brakes with no problems with my Mityvac bleeder. The Heritage just had one Caliper on the front wheel though, so it was a little easier. I just bled them from the Caliper while keeping the Master Cylinder full, until all air was out of the system.
My question is, on the Limited, with two Calipers on the front wheel, is there one side that is considered the "low" side, or do I just need to bleed both sides?
I'm just replacing the Brake Line from the Master Cylinder to the ABS Control box.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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You'll only need to bleed from the master to the abs box. Depending on what manual or tech writeups you read, there are 2 opinions>>
bleed from the shortest first, OR bleed from the longest first.
I don't think it makes much difference.
If you want to be perfectly correct, bleed twice: ONCE EACH WAY.
bleed from the shortest first, OR bleed from the longest first.
I don't think it makes much difference.
If you want to be perfectly correct, bleed twice: ONCE EACH WAY.
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You'll only need to bleed from the master to the abs box. Depending on what manual or tech writeups you read, there are 2 opinions>>
bleed from the shortest first, OR bleed from the longest first.
I don't think it makes much difference.
If you want to be perfectly correct, bleed twice: ONCE EACH WAY.
bleed from the shortest first, OR bleed from the longest first.
I don't think it makes much difference.
If you want to be perfectly correct, bleed twice: ONCE EACH WAY.
The line runs from the MC to the ABS box, and then another line runs from the ABS box to the front Calipers.
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