Shimano brake bleed kits
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Nambra
Definitely should have gone to specsavers
Try mountain bikes direct, they appear to have stock. You'll pay a slight price premium over pushys but their delivery time is pretty good.
CRC for cheap mineral oil. Buy the 1l, lasts for ages.
Chemist Warehouse for syringes. Just ask for measuring syringes.
Bunnings for tubing, buy by the metre.
Yoghurt container for dump bucket.
CRC for Shimano Reservoir. Could be done with anything that will thread into the levers threaded hole, but the Shimano one works well and is easily visible in use.
Shimano instructions were clear, fill reservoir, pump brakes (or use syringe for speed) to draw the fluid through the system.
Chemist Warehouse for syringes. Just ask for measuring syringes.
Bunnings for tubing, buy by the metre.
Yoghurt container for dump bucket.
CRC for Shimano Reservoir. Could be done with anything that will thread into the levers threaded hole, but the Shimano one works well and is easily visible in use.
Shimano instructions were clear, fill reservoir, pump brakes (or use syringe for speed) to draw the fluid through the system.
wesdadude
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MTBD are out of buckets. I don't really want to pay $34 for the kit either when I can get syringes and tubing cheap.
You think CRC delivery will be quick enough? Are there still any tricks to get free express delivery? The only extra thing I really need is a set of bars.
discofrank
Likes Dirt
i have the bucket and some oil i got from kalamunda cycles
i have yet to bleed mine yet ( XT's ) as when i ordered the bucket thing the next day i screwed my ankle
if you want to bleed my brakes you can use my funnel
im in lesmurdie
That's what I've been doing too.
I haven't quite worked out how to remove it without making a big mess though. Any suggestions?
stirk
Burner
That's a good idea, with the plunger removed you have a bleed bucket.
You could custom a stick plug like the shimano kit comes with out of a bit of wood, or using a bit of wood wodge a bit of bluetack into the hole before unscrewing it.
Knuckles
Lives under a bridge
Or the plunger that came with it........maybe? :noidea: :doh:
stirk
Burner
If you're an octopus that might work moving both syringes at the same time, a simultaneous pull/push of fluid otherwise being only two handed and doing a push from the bottom only with the top an open bucket you'd pressurise the syringe putting the plunger back in and end up with a gush of oil when you unscrewed it right.
Knuckles
Lives under a bridge
Do you even? Are you an engineer? You seem to be really good at Making a simple process, a bazillionty times more complicated than it needs to be....
stirk
Burner
I did say wodge it with bluetac, that's engineering brilliance!
wesdadude
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I ended up picking up a full kit thingy so I've got the lot. When I last went in all Tim had was the squeezy bottle and tube kit, distro was out of buckets.i have the bucket and some oil i got from kalamunda cycles
i have yet to bleed mine yet ( XT's ) as when i ordered the bucket thing the next day i screwed my ankle
if you want to bleed my brakes you can use my funnel
im in lesmurdie
discofrank
Likes Dirt
tube kit? squeezy bottle?
wesdadude
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stirk
Burner
Yeah, somehow this is called a kit!These
pink poodle
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Are you blind? Of course that is a kit! It's shimano not fox...the bottle is enough to bleed the brakes.
Cheers for that. I'm using a 25ml syringe, and a bamboo kebab skewer fits perfectly.