I tried a few different ways to bleed my Magura MT2 brakes:
- The Magura video with the hole in the syringe
- Like a car where you pump the brake until it's hard and crack the bleed screw
The Magura method is hot garbage, endless bubbles. Some of this could have been the generic bleed kit I was using but I have no idea where all the bubbles were coming form the system was closed, I didn't even have the syringe on the caliper (screw was in) at first in an attempt to pull all the air through the master cylinder. Then I tried it with the syringe on the caliper bleed screw. Then I got frustrated and put the reservour cup back on it and tried it like a car cracking the bleed screw. This last method was semi-effective, way more than the Magura method.
Then I rewatched this video: https://youtu.be/iMZTZvGDeUM?si=7ptdwUNGj5RQ1bqA which I had watched a few days ago and thought I had followed some of the method… Needless to say I wasn't and watching this video and following along was the ticket… My old MT2 brakes are nearly like they were when I bought them from Performance Bicycle back in 2014/2015 and my son now has better brakes than the ones on my new bike (MT200).
by twotall88
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It’s essentially bleeding the magura like a shimano with a cup on the lever. Well a variation of this method.
My only disagreements with this video are mostly to do with bleeding with the pads in. It’s a recipe for contamination. Yes it can be done if you are very careful. But I’d much rather take the precaution and use the proper bleed block. Particularly with new pads at risk. Plus you can then do this without faffing around trying to get the calliper and the lever level with each other. Letting a bit of fluid dribble out as you refit the screw means there’s no chance of accidentally raising it too high and trapping a bit of air behind it.
Plus in a shop environment I’d be using something like parks bleed kit with the funnel and the various adapters they have to let it fit all the brakes. Then you can pop the stopper in the funnel so there’s less risk of spillage when removing from the lever end.
All in, certainly easier to get better results than Maguras own 2 syringe method.
And far easier than old Maguras which required the reservoir cap opening and pushing a pulling fluid through, but having to be careful to suck the fluid from the lever before it spilled over but then also topping it back up when pulling fluid back through the brake.
Thanks. Been dreading having to bleed my rear brake, this has reassured me slightly.