Trimming And Bleeding Echo Cncs

[duane]

Hi,

I have some Echo CNC Rim brakes, but have never used hydraulic brakes before, and as these are the only echo brakes in the country I have to rely on you good people for help.

So at the moment I have

1) The brakes, with a hose which is way too long

2) A mildly unresponsive lever that moves about half an inch before there is any movement at the pads

3) A magura 'disc brake' bleed kit with a bottle of Royal Blood and syringes etc

I am guessing that after trimming the hose I will need to bleed the brakes with 3) which should also sort out 2) above.

I have searched the forum and have only found topics related to magura, most of which recommend a bath bleed with water, as these are brand new brakes I would prefer not to do this, so where do I start ?

Thanks for any help

Duane.

[duane]

Come on some one must be able to help, even yes no will do -

Here is what I will do if noone says otherwise

1) Zip tie the pads to close the slave cyclinders.

2) screw the TPA All the way out

3) plug the syringe into the bleed port of the lever

4) plug a section of hose into the bleed port of the right hand slave cyclinder

5) Syringe new oil in through 3) until no air bubbles detected in 4)

If this is roughly right, do i need to do anything else like

6) Orientate the system in a particular direction to float the air to the top, i.e. 4 above 3 ?

7) Do I need to pump any of the levers at any time, i.e. pull the lever to purge any air out of the master cyclinder into the pipes where it can more easily be pumped along and out ?

Go on, someone help me get riding tonight,

Duane.

[AdamR28]

Yo Duane,

Don't worry about the zip ties, and bleed from bottom up (slaves to lever) so the air rises.

Trim the hose with a sharp knife, to re-fit you'll need to tap the barbed fitting back into the hose.

Give us a call if you get stuck

HTH

Adam