Interesting the bleed issues you had. I believe I tightened mine finger tight without issue, but I might have used a box end out of caution. Either way, that part of the process wasn't much different than SRAM for me, but I found the process a little more streamlined. With the bleed lever, line and caliper process of SRAM (going by the book) I often find I let some air into the system and have to re-bleed. Pushing fluid back and forth between the Hayes syringes seems impossible to mess up, and I nailed it on bleed one every time. With Shimano I regularly find the hose flies off, at least before I was told to cut the old end off if that keeps happening.
Jan. 29, 2020, 12:10 p.m. - Cam McRae
Interesting the bleed issues you had. I believe I tightened mine finger tight without issue, but I might have used a box end out of caution. Either way, that part of the process wasn't much different than SRAM for me, but I found the process a little more streamlined. With the bleed lever, line and caliper process of SRAM (going by the book) I often find I let some air into the system and have to re-bleed. Pushing fluid back and forth between the Hayes syringes seems impossible to mess up, and I nailed it on bleed one every time. With Shimano I regularly find the hose flies off, at least before I was told to cut the old end off if that keeps happening.