PilotJunkie_87 wrote:
I was looking through the forum this week and found a post about bleeding brakes, so I did what they suggested which was to connect hoses to the bleeders and run the hose into the master cylinder. I did that for awhile and would periodically close one bleeder to get a bubble out of one line or the other. I wasn’t able to find any large bubbles in the clear line after awhile. I Teflon taped the bleeders to avoid air leaks. The only thing I noticed was a couple extremely small bubbles, like bubbles from foam. I figured that was from maybe a slight leak from where the hose was hooked up to the bleeders.
I rembeer a few years back rebuilding a master cylinder on my other pilot and if I remember right it seemed that the brakes began to get better over time, I don’t know if this rings true or not.
Brake fluid is cheap, better to pump it into a water bottle, rather than pump it back into the master. That way you get nice clean and fresh fluid through the whole system.
The brakes getting better over time could be the shoes seating, or there was still some air in the system. Air can sometimes make it's way back to the master reservoir, kind of a self bleed.