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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:13 pm 
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Hi All

Regarding bleeding the rear right brake drum, I'm not seeing anything obvious, there looks to be a nipple near the axle is that it?

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:25 pm 
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If it's a Sprint, you bleed the rear from the left only.

The bleed nipple is on the back of the wheel cylinder where it protrudes through the bottom of the backplate.


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:39 pm 
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Not just the Sprint either. My 1977 1850HL only has the one rear bleed nipple. I was very sceptical when I first filled the new brake system, but it bled easily.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:56 am 
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Not just the Sprint either. My 1977 1850HL only has the one rear bleed nipple. I was very sceptical when I first filled the new brake system, but it bled easily.
If you look at the pipe work, the brake cylinders are connected in series, so you have to bleed them as one unit.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:58 pm 
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Same single bleeder set up on TR7s as well.

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