Avid Elixir Disc Brake Bleed Procedure

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1. How can it work to give pressure on the caliper while open the lever string and let the lever come out in the same time ---but the clip of the hose is closed ( or did they forgot to show this step ???)thanks for help.. i want bleed fresh fluid in the next days..
2. my elexier brakes work and work and work since spring 2012...after seeing this instruction..and after reading your comments i am afraid to open and renew the fluid forever !:)
3. How to bleed elixir brakes ... buy a fucking shimano's .
4. MARIORODAS
5. nice job
6. nice job
7. One has to manipulate the the syringe at the right lever and the syringe on the left side rear caliper at the same time. The folks in Japan must have really, really long arms. They should make the person that designed these brakes spend the next ten years bleeding them (or would that be cruel and unusual punishment).
8. Bleeding the brakes is easy with the PRO bleed kit. Had the cheaper one before, and it was absolute garbage (you had more air in the system, than before)! What a waste of money.
9. I really don't understand why people find bleeding avid brakes difficult or why people think it's a pain in the ass. Is it just the fact that people don't like following a procedure to do something? I've bled both an Elixir and a Guide and it's a piece of cake!
10. If you have no experience bleeding brakes, you may think this is hard. I followed the instructions exactly as laid out (had the iPad in the the garage). It worked flawlessly. My local bike shop told me I should spend $900 with them because the seals were bad, and the Avids un-serviceable. Total crap. These brakes work great. You just have to do it right and get the bleed kit. $35 and one YouTube video later I'm going for a ride.
11. But at least this video is clear and understandable even if she did forget to mention screwing in the lever adjustment bolt. Because if u don't you'll never bleed the whole system affectively... "Duh"
12. Should have expected this was never gonna be straight forward after all Sram is the company responsible for the release to market of the 'Grip shift' shifter system!, the most flawed and saddest system invented to date.
13. Always wondered why people moaned about avids bleed procedure until today I tried to bleed my front elixir 5 brake. After 3 hours, a whole pot of brake fluid, an exploding syringe and now a floppy front brake lever I understand the hate.
14. Whoever created Avid/ Spram needs to have his teeth knocked out!!
15. I forgot to mention; educative. It's done now.
16. Clear, simple, informative. Added value to your products.
17. product is shit!!!
18. I hate my life.
19. Just took off the Avid Elixir 3 (made by SCAM) brakes my bike came with and threw them in the trash. Totally locked up against the rotor with less than 3 hours of use and not worth the time trying to fix. Absolute garbage. I just wish SCAM would go out of business already. The only component manufacturers worth a damn are Campagnolo (road) and Shimano (road and MTB). I just replaced the brake rotors on my car (2004 Infiniti G35 Coupe) and the pads on the Brembo brakes and it was 100 times easier than trying to work on a SCAM product, seriously.
20. How to bleed avid brakes
    
    Step 1: Throw them in the fucking trash
    Step 2: Buy Shimano XT and be happy