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88 Sportster-front brake bleeding

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Old 06-21-2012, 06:23 PM
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Default 88 Sportster-front brake bleeding

Its been a while, can anyone give me the skinny on bleeding those fronts for my son. Seems I remember there being a shortcut to refill the cylinder, line and caliper.

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One end of tube on bleeder valve,the other end in a container with a little brake fluid in it, fill master, squeeze lever, open bleeder valve, close valve, release lever. Repeat until no bubble show up in container. Or get a vacuum pump.
 
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