Bleed Brakes ?

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Bleed Brakes ?

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Hi, A couple of weeks ago I replaced rear brake pads , caliper bolts and cleaned up trailing arm and caliper of oxcide build up. The ride is now harder , should I have bleed the brakes on my Xantia? any thoughts, cheers Terry . :oops:
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I would, as a matter of course, bleed the brakes every time I had done any work on the fluid side of them. Just because you shouldn't get air (or dirt) into the lines doesn't mean you can't.
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Re: Bleed Brakes ?

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Hell Razor5543 wrote:I would, as a matter of course, bleed the brakes every time I had done any work on the fluid side of them.
Absolutely yes :)
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