Rear Right Brake Bleed

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jlan1978
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Rear Right Brake Bleed

#1 Post by jlan1978 »

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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Re: Rear Right Brake Bleed

#2 Post by xvivalve »

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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Re: Rear Right Brake Bleed

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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.
Mike
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Re: Rear Right Brake Bleed

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Bumpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:39 pm 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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Re: Rear Right Brake Bleed

#5 Post by dursley92 »

Same single bleeder set up on TR7s as well.
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