'13 696M ABS brake bleeding tips (front and rear)

[reddog]

 Recently installed Pazzo levers and now have  a bit of play in the brakes so any info on the processes with ABS would be great. Also just put on some Ducabike rearsets and same deal with the back brakes now .How to get air out of the brake lines , has any one got any tricks up their sleeve........

[zippsub9]

No difference with ABS. 

Just my 2 cents...

I wouldnt mess with a hand pump.  Buy some tubing and use vaseline to seal against the nipple.  Bleed left and right front calipers and then bleed top next to reservoir, but you may not have remote reservoir on the 696.

On the rear, some folks suggest making sure the caliper sits at the top of the rotor, but i was able to get good enough with rotating mine over.  I am not sure if your caliper sits on top or not.

[koko64]

Good to hear. So Normal methods + extra persistence.  Never touched ABS.

[stopintime]

New levers often, always if you ask me, need to be adjusted so they have the right amount of freeplay - not too much and not too little. Levers for coffin style master cylinders should have an adjuster for this.

The method is described here (scroll down): http://www.ducatisuite.com/leverchange.html

[DarkMonster620]

Bleed as if you were bleeding normal brakes . . .