Howdy, I was watching Jim's video about brake bleeding. Why do you have to remove the front brake calipers to bleed the brakes? You don't have to remove the rear....... Could i just stick a wooden skewer in between the brake pads? Thanks, Choppastyle
I suppose you could, but the BEST WAY to get the nasty old brake fluid out of the calipers is to push those pistons ALL THE WAY back and keep them there while you cycle new fluid through. Tough to do without removing them. It only takes what, 2 minutes to remove and another two to refit?
It is not 100% necessary, but you leave the dirtiest fluid in the pistons if you do not push them in all the way. Some never do it. You could try to push a wedge past the pads beside the rotor, but it would be much harder since the gap is very small there. Jim
If you use a vacuum style bleeder powered by an air compressor it'll SUCK THEM back for you. Mine does. Chris
