Bleeding brakes often involves hassle with bleed nipples which won't budge and then break off. If I want to change brake fluid and avoid this hassle would the following procedure work:
-syringe a small quantity of fluid from M/C reservoir and replace it with an equal quantity of new fluid. Use a small enough volume (say 20-50 mls) so that the level does not go below the minimum and hence no air is introduced into the brake lines
-carefully mix old and new fluid in reservoir by gentle stirring.
-drive vehicle and apply brakes a few times to further aid mixing.
-repeat a few times
Doing it this way while not a perfect solution and not replacing *all* the old fluid will result in much of the old brake fluid being replaced by new fluid, Especially given that most cars braking systems only contain around
0.5 - 1.0 litres of fluid in total.Has anyone got any comments on this?
brian