Shimano Saint bleeding

Russ-Tyson

Hi all I have a set of Saint M810 brakes fitted front and rear to my bike and they are super powerful but...the lever travel seems excessive... as in you pull maybe a 1/3 of the travel before anything happens.
I havent used Shimano hydro brakes before but have used Hope religiously and always had a solid lever feel.
I have tried the screw on the top for free play and it helps but is marginal and I have bled them how I would normaly which is usually fine.Just to add the brakes are new as well and correctly centered.
The only thing I havent tried is back bleeding them..Should I try it? Thanks Russ.

nicklouse

sounds like the pistons just need to set.

when the pads touch the rotor is the lever solid?

*AJ*

The saints do have a softer feel to them than the hopes, this is because one set of pistons hits the disc slightly before the other set which helps with controlled braking.
whilst they feel a bit soft when your car park testing. Out on the trail they will feel 100% spot on.

I found that the free stroke screw hardly did anything on mine.

The Northern Monkey

what he said ^

Russ-Tyson

Cool cheers guys thats how they feel to me out on the trail