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I wanted to shorten the length of the hose to the rear caliper and switch the front hose for a longer one.
I have bled Tektro brakes before, though never with a banjo hose kit.
Front caliper with new Banjo hose kit bled ( does this expression only cover emptying the hose?) just fine and is now firm. I bled this attaching the syringe to the caliper and overflowing the chamber with oil at the lever.
Trying same procedure at the rear I wasn't able to press any fluid into the system. When emptying the hoses for oil the rear was also the one being hard to get the oil out of.
I have tried to fill the hose with oil from the lever attaching an open ended hose to the caliper. This way I can get the oil into the system flowing from the lever to the caliper, but when closing the system, lever is spongy and not working to my satisfaction.
I have tried following this manual: http://www.trpbrakes.com/userfiles/file/HYLEX%20MANUAL%20REV%20A070213.pdf
What can I be doing wrong? Trying to troubleshoot, what should be my approach?
I am leaving the workshop for today BROKEN ;-)
Will give it another shot tomorrow afternoon. Any tips are welcome.
I can't find any videos or pictures describing how it's done. So any helpful link are cherished.