Complete Brake Bleed?

The Hope C2 on the front of my bike is seizing up on less-and-less steep/long
hills.

Somebody said something about moisture in the fluid and the need to bleed/refill
the system with fresh fluid.

Sounds logical to me, but is there an easy way to do it?

Last time the PITA factor was high - feeding just a few ml of fluid into the
open reservoir, pumping the handle, and repeating over-and-over.

I'm thinking of something like a reservoir add-on that can be attached to the
open reservoir and hold enough fluid for a complete change and then some.

Then all one would have to do is put the supplemental piece in place, fill it
up, and pump away until the level was down to the native reservoir's.

Anybody tried something like this?
--
PeteCresswell

Force, yes Drain, no

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Quoted message said:

Per Doug Huffman:

Quoted message said:

I've no-drip and no mess changed the DOT-4 fluid in my Hayes brakes every
year now for the many years that I've had them. I use a 250 ml syringe
and
plastic tubing to the slave cylinder nipple, vent out the higher master
cylinder on the bars. Five minutes.

Not to be overly-obvious, but

- Is that to say that you force it into the nipple down at the brake?

- Do you drain the system before doing that?
--
PeteCresswell

(PeteCresswell) said:

The Hope C2 on the front of my bike is seizing up on less-and-less
steep/long hills.

Somebody said something about moisture in the fluid and the need to
bleed/refill the system with fresh fluid.

Sounds logical to me, but is there an easy way to do it?

Last time the PITA factor was high - feeding just a few ml of fluid
into the open reservoir, pumping the handle, and repeating
over-and-over.

I'm thinking of something like a reservoir add-on that can be
attached to the open reservoir and hold enough fluid for a complete
change and then some.

Then all one would have to do is put the supplemental piece in place,
fill it up, and pump away until the level was down to the native
reservoir's.

Anybody tried something like this?

You'll need this gizmo...

http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=2156&category=27

Mike

Per Doug Huffman:

Quoted message said:

I've no-drip and no mess changed the DOT-4 fluid in my Hayes brakes every
year now for the many years that I've had them. I use a 250 ml syringe and
plastic tubing to the slave cylinder nipple, vent out the higher master
cylinder on the bars. Five minutes.

Not to be overly-obvious, but

- Is that to say that you force it into the nipple down at the brake?

- Do you drain the system before doing that?
--
PeteCresswell

Doug Huffman said:

I've no-drip and no mess changed the DOT-4 fluid in my Hayes brakes every
year now for the many years that I've had them. I use a 250 ml syringe and
plastic tubing to the slave cylinder nipple, vent out the higher master
cylinder on the bars. Five minutes.

While the bike is upright? How do you catch the stuff upstairs no-drip
no-mess?

Jasper