I reverse bled with a large plastic syringe with clear tube attached. I emptied the master cylinder, fitted new brake line. Filled plastic syringe with brake fluid, flicked clear tubing to remove all bubbles cracked open bleed nipple and pressed down on syringe. Eventually all the old brake fluid flows into the master cylinder whereby you need to keep emptying the master cylinder and topping up the syringe. Did the exact same the other side (only to remove the old fluid). I then used some tape to hold the brake lever open over night so as to remove the remaining air in line.

No trips to HD, no DigitalTech and it cost me $2 for parts.

 

Yep, an Old KTM trick, we do this to the brakes and the hydo clutch on our dirt bikes, great tips fellas!

 

When the dealer last worked on my brakes, the tech didn't calibrate the brakes with the computer and they were mushy. They calibrated them and they are perfect again!

 

Learned something new. Thanks.

 

I put WO576 bars on my 2012 SG and installed my Magnum clutch and brake cables myself. A friend of mine works for my local HD. He told me the brake cable needed to be bled by the dealer to keep the warranty intaked. they informed me they just had a case were the owner tried to bleed his own ABS brakes and didn't get all the air out and damaged the ABS system. MOCO would not replace the ABS under warranty. It cost that guy 450 bucks. For 90 bucks, i had the dealer bleed mine. Don't know if it is true or not. I'm sure others will post in this.

 

That's a crock of you know what!!! But if anyone wants to believe it - have at it. The guy may have said this but that doesn't make it true or right.

 

I think your friend fed you a line of BS. I talked to my HD tech before I did mine and he told me that if I got air in it to just bring it by and they would purge it for me. If you get air in the system you still have brakes.

 

Not arguing. Just posting what I was told. I know stealers give us incorrect information all the time.

 

Thank YOU!!! You beat me to it

 

Take out the maxi fuse or disconnect the battery for a while to disable ABS electronics and now its same as non ABS to bleed the brakes,I've done this way on the most advanced German and Japanese auto with too many bells and whistles.