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thx! (just saw this, as google is throwing posts into my spam folder after
there were a few legitimate one sadly)
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 7:26 AM Hitchflight <bobhitchcock@icloud.com> wrote:
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> Hi Pete.
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> I was given the advice below by a Club member who is sadly no longer with
> us. I have personally used this method successfully for many years.
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> Bleeding the brakes on the XS MONOWHEEL
> Screw the alu reservoir into the filler hole on the master cylinder. Then
> fill the syringe with fluid, attach a short length of plastic tubing, and
> attach to the bleed nipple on the slave cylinder. Slacken the bleed nippl
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> and inject the fluid. When all 10 mls are injected, tighten the bleed
> nipple, refil the syringe and repeat. It takes 2 - 3 10 ml syringes to fi
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> the system. When fluid with no air bubbles flows into the reservoir,
> tighten the bleed nipple and remove some fluid from the reservoir until i
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> is about a third full. Then pull the brake lever until no more air is
> expelled. Release the lever slowly and watch the level of fluid in the
> reservior as it drops to make sure no air is sucked into the master
> cylinder. Repeat until no more air is expelled from the master cylinder.
> Finally pull the brake lever back just a quarter of an inch, empty the
> reservoir with the syringe, and release the brake lever, so that the flui
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> level drops just below the filler hole in the ma!
> ster cylinder. That then lets you unscrew the reservoir without brake
> fluid leaking everywhere. Replace the filler cap, check the bleed nipple
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> fully tightened, and the system should be bled.
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> Need Allan keys [Idea]
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> This information is probably worth adding to our Europa website. Will
> check with the experts on the Committee and if OK will add.
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> Regards
>
> Bob
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>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=493703#493703
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