Hi,
I am attempting to bleed my sram maven brakes. I watched the sram mineral oil bleed video on YouTube and followed everything step by step. I made it to the point where you remove the bleed edge tool and rotate till it stops per the video, but in my case the tool continuously rotates with no stop. I tried to go to the next step and pressurize the system at the lever but I pulled a bunch of air in when I pulled back on the lever syringe. Thinking I made a mistake, I decide to start over. I reattached the bleeding edge tool, but now I can’t push anything back and forth between the syringes like I had initially. Now I’m stuck. Any advice?
Edit: I checked the bleeding edge port and even with an Allen key, the port just spins continuously with no resistance.
by goose-em
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Can you completely remove the bleed screw and check the threads for damage?
Which you have to engage and unscrew to use, have you pushed the tool in far enough?
I think its a 4 mm hex, same as the bleeding edge tool, it may be that the hex in the bleed screw has rounded. Is this a relatively new brake?
Have you bled them before?
oh man the bleed edge port stripping is super common on Mavens. the plastic fitting basically self-destructs. you need a [SRAM bleed edge rebuild kit](https://featherab.com/shopit?search_keywords=SRAM+bleed+edge+rebuild+kit) which has new threads. in a pinch you can wrap the fitting in plumber’s tape and carefully thread it in but it won’t hold for long. the real fix is to upgrade to the [metal bleed edge adapter](https://featherab.com/shopit?search_keywords=metal+bleed+edge+adapter) – some guys on the forums sell machined aluminum ones. the continuous spin means the plastic is rounded out inside so stop trying before it gets worse.