Greetings Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Ok this is starting to seriously piss me off. Magura have made sure in the owners manual that we all know the new brakes are equipped with EBT (EASY bleed technology). I say it's f**king rubbish. I've tried bleeding my HS11 countless times now doing everything exactly according to the handbook and there's still at least 5mm of play in the lever meaning huge amounts of air in the system. Has anyone successfully bled one of these brakes? I'm close to giving it a bath bleed but would prefer to avoid that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 try to pull the lever slowly and then let it go fast to its outer position´. several times till the air comes up to the syringe. do that right before you close the hose port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 try to pull the lever slowly and then let it go fast to its outer position´. several times till the air comes up to the syringe. do that right before you close the hose port. Been doing that and no air comes out :/ Just gave it a bath bleed and it's now perfect, not that I want to run it on tap water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 It says undo the nut until 3 threads are showing, try and undo it just enought until fluid can pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 My opinion is that these levers are sheeeite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M S/c Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I bled Adams fine. Just made sure I rotated the lever so the bleed point was right at the highest point. Doing this got a lot of extra bubbles out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I'm not a retard when it comes to bike maintenance. I've tried all combinations I could think of to get the air out, all positions of the lever including doing everything as instructed but to no avail. It seems like a cool system for bleeding but when you think that the previous Maguras could be filled up and bled in about 60 seconds using the two syringe method then the current system sounds like a huge step in the wrong direction. I was merely wondering if someone on here had a similar problem and finally solved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradJohnson Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 you have to loosen the hose slightly from the lever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlperkins Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 i agree, the old maguras have a WAY better bleed technique, much easier and much faster. BUT.. i had a 2011 magura, and bled it countless times as the brake was on and off every other week. (running hose through stem) i never had a problem. turn the lever so the EBT is up, attatch syringe to use as resevoir, attatch hose a slave end, undo 3 threads, push fluid through, squeeze lever a few times, push more fluid through, squeeze lever a few more times, push some more fluid through, remove resevoir syringe, put ebt drill back, tighten the 3 threads bit, remove slave syringe and put bolt back. should be strong as hell. mine only needed a touch and the brake locked on. i know your not silly but are you sure your pads arent far away from the rim?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 turn the lever so the EBT is up, attatch syringe to use as resevoir, attatch hose a slave end, undo 3 threads, push fluid through, squeeze lever a few times, push more fluid through, squeeze lever a few more times, push some more fluid through, remove resevoir syringe, put ebt drill back, tighten the 3 threads bit, remove slave syringe and put bolt back. That's exactly what I've been doing. i know your not silly but are you sure your pads arent far away from the rim?? There's definitely air in the system, 5mm of play in the lever before the pads start to move. I gave it a bath bleed and it's now fine but I'd rather run Phluid than tap water. I agree it's a powerful brake, maybe even more powerful than the old HS33. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlperkins Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 That's exactly what I've been doing. There's definitely air in the system, 5mm of play in the lever before the pads start to move. I gave it a bath bleed and it's now fine but I'd rather run Phluid than tap water. I agree it's a powerful brake, maybe even more powerful than the old HS33. In that case mate im completely stumped. Maybe wind the tpa in before bleeding, or something like that. Maybe its just a case of shit lever? Haha. There were a select few that leaked, maybe yours is a crap one that lets air in? Or instead of using phluid, try royal blood? Could be the fluid its self? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Undo clamp bolts(dead handy they put split clamp on them) now undo the hose nut (like dave said) remove lever, toss in bin along with the rest of the maggie, fit vee brakes, experience win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 In related news, Cap has the skillz for this sort of thing. Cap sorted out a pair of the new HS33s for James Hyland and they were the nicest feeling rim brakes evarz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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