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I'd like to think of myself as a pretty competent wrench, but I have never been able to get a good bleed on my brakes. I can get a firm lever no problem, but I want a rock hard lever. I've tried out a few local racer's bikes, and some of them have incredibly hard levers once the travel stops. I mean solid, like the lever just hit a brick wall or metal stop. With my brake lever, you can really reef on it and wrestle it almost down to the grip. On their bikes, you'd probably bend the lever before you got it to budge past the engagement point.
So what am I doing wrong here? I'd tried the traditional bleeding method, tried reverse bleeding with a big syringe, bench bleeding with the calipers above the MC, tapping the brake lines and cracking the banjo bolt on the MC to bleed it there, vaccuum bleeding, tying the lever down overnight, etc. I am out of ideas, and I'm starting to think this is just a black art. Either that or there is some flex in my SS brake lines that I'm not aware of. ??????
So what am I doing wrong here? I'd tried the traditional bleeding method, tried reverse bleeding with a big syringe, bench bleeding with the calipers above the MC, tapping the brake lines and cracking the banjo bolt on the MC to bleed it there, vaccuum bleeding, tying the lever down overnight, etc. I am out of ideas, and I'm starting to think this is just a black art. Either that or there is some flex in my SS brake lines that I'm not aware of. ??????