How do you bleed the Formula brakes on Marzocchi forks??

CKRider45 · Nov 20, 2005

We've bled every type of brake for MX bikes, but can't quite get it right with these brakes found on the Marzocchi Shiver kit. If anyone knows, please help, my shit's dismantled and we have brake fluid on our hands waiting for some help. haha. Thanks!

harris718 · Nov 20, 2005

My Tech is on the way to mini O's but I think you pump it up from the bottom side.

Milan Harris

Precision Cycles

Gutty · Nov 20, 2005

Yep......big syringe, fill with brake fluid, and pump it up through the bleed nipple till you get no air coming out the top. Is much easier to start with a completely empty system, otherwise you need to overflow too much fluid out the top/resevior.

Lots of MTB brakes work like this......

CKRider45 · Nov 21, 2005

Ok, there lies the problem... I'm not seeing the bleed nipple. I understand what you're saying though, cause there is a bleed nipple on all of my big bikes. So where should I be sticking things in? I just can't ever get away from that question. haha

Gutty · Nov 21, 2005

Ok, seems they've changed a wee bit since i rode downhill.

If you go to the Formula site http://www.formula-brake.it/index2.htm they have downloadable manuals for all their brake systems...

But basicly it looks like you gotta do something like this.

ricerocket1135 · Nov 22, 2005

great... but how do you attach that? lol

Gutty · Nov 22, 2005

Probably with a connector you get from Formula....at a huge cost.

How do you bleed the Formula brakes on Marzocchi forks??

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