brake bleeding

[konish]

I think I already know the answer to this, but in order to save a little time and frustration I'm going to ask.

When any of the brake lines has been removed (eg front caliper for wheel bearing repacking) it is necessary to bleed all 4 calipers to remove air that developed up stream from the front calipers...correct?

I'm not sure how I got it into my head, but I was kind of hoping that since I only cracked open the front calipers, I could get away with bleeding only the fronts...? Maybe I was thinking back to my motorcycle days with the two seperate braking circuits...

R/
Dustin

[bell]

air in the lines can do mysterious things, you really should bleed them all IMO.
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[sundaypunch]

If you have a dual circuit MC, I believe that you can stick to bleeding the front only (I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong ) If you lose braking power in the front your rears are still preserved so I would think that getting air in the front wouldn't affect the rears.