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Shimano XT bleed procedure

reddit for mountain bikers·/u/rocklol88·about 1 month ago
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I've been fighting my XTs for a year now... I hate wondering bite point, but other then that I am not ready to give up on them since I am 6 sets deep lol :D and I like how they deliver power. Anyway, the best bleed procedure I come up with is this: - Shimano funnel on the lever. That small Philips screw all the way out ( not completely out of lever but as far out as possible) - bike is up, so lever is at highest point and the whole line is as straight down up as possible - connect full syringe to the caliper - push oil from syringe up - slowly suck oil with syringe back down - do it multiple times - once done, and system is closed, screw Philips screw all the way it, back up 1/4 of a turn (this is from one of those pro DH bike mechanic videos on YT, I don't know what it does). everything is done with slow and smooth motion to reduce amount of possible air contamination. I also open bleed port on caliper as little as possible at the end...…

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