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Depends on how quick y'are! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

Pro'lly a good idea, but I've "got away" with not having to do it on a few occasions. Empirical test would be to just check pedal feel both before and after the swap. "Fade" or build-up on pumping it a few times after the change would indicate you need to bleed it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
 
Before you undo the switch, take the cap off the master cyl, put a plastic bag over and refit the cap so that when you take the switch off the fluid doesn't run out of the hole.

I think the correct answer is yes you need to bleed the system, but you can probably get away without.
 
That's what I was thinking /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif Maybe pre-fill the new brake switch with fluid too to get an air bubble out of it.

The fluid needs bled since it's 15 years old anyway.
 
In THAT case, just DO it! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
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