Shinn
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I was on a trip and had no fluid or syringe and had the shop in town do it. In my experience with them I would say I just had the wrong guy do it. As they are well known and work on and sell a lot of high end bikes.I’m stumped too, except to say that I’m not convinced your LBS is ‘on your side’ on this one, by which I mean they don’t seem invested in fixing this for you and then giving your bike back with working brakes.
I have MT5’s and I couldn’t be happier. My LBS (@18bikes in Hope, U.K. and famous for winning the SingleTrack customer award more times than any other LBS) told me that whilst simple to set up, there’s a ‘knack’ to getting them bled correctly that any LBS regularly fitting them will know, if only through experience of getting wrong!
Magura provide excellent support. You could contact them directly. But a good LBS selling Magura kit will already be plumbed into that.
You have your amazing 5yr guarantee and you haven’t been tempted into any amateur fiddling that would leave evidence of tampering. That will work at any LBS that sells Magura.
Consider finding another LBS that has a good rep, fits and services lots of Magura and take it to them. I think a lot of us here still think that there’s air in the back ones. None of us seems to able to explain the uneven pad wear at the front and the back.
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I'm likely to send the images to Magura just to see if its something silly that I'm missing.
another odd thing is that they work way better using 1/2 of the pad than the Guide R's did that came on the bike.