Zoom Brake Bleed Video 

It's MUCH easier to push the new mineral oil in from the BOTTOM instead of filling from the top. That way the air is pushed up and out as you fill the brake system and reservoir at the brake lever. Just fill the bottom syringe with mineral oil, open the "clamp" on the top syringe, and push the fluid through. Easy peasy.

Save yourself time. The how-to starts at 6:30

Yessir! They came on the new e-bike. I played with them for 2 hours yesterday.. couldn't get the air out of the line... I think they're defective... possibly a bad o-ring??? IDK... I've bleed them using 2 different methods... still a TON of air... I've been in contact w/ Velowave (the bike company) since I got the bike... and they're sending me out replacements... BUT they're coming from China.. so it'll be a while before I have rear brakes that work... Soon as I got the bike, I put 35 PSI in the tires and the front tube EXPLODED after 5 minutes... I haven't had much luck... Got a flat in the rear Friday night... Got out of work early (1:30am) and ran over a 4" nail...

Why do you put a strap on the lever? Is it so you can fill it slightly more before you put the screw cap on for a more firm lever feel?

I just did mine with marine trim tilt fluid. I left some in the syringe with a rubber seal so I'll see if it'll be detrimental. It should be fine though. Most tilt trim systems have rubber orings, and it's a similar viscosity. It also has additives for seal life, water repellent, and sheer strength.

I'm watching this instead of bleeding my brakes.

It looks like those Zoom brakes are a good candidate for a gravity bleed. I did it on a rear Shimano with a long aquarium tube on the caliper nipple going off to a can to catch the waste. I left the rotor and rear tire on, spilled about 2 drops of oil and got great results. The syringe at the lever would just make gravity a little faster.

🤣🤣 that intro was funny I really like y’all dynamic reminds me of me and my dad when he was still here.

Great job! Very helpful how you got to the point and had great video shots for illustrations.

HOW ARE THESE GUYS SO UNDERATED OMG WHY DO U ONLY HAVE 5K SUBS

Haven't made the hydro upgrade thing yet. I have some good TRP Spyke mechanical disc brakes, levers, rotors, calipers, dics, (180>f - 160>r), ceramic pads, Jagwire cables and housings. My buddies that have riden my bike, say they're not quite as good as their hydro brakes, but, pretty darn close. Adjustment and setup were easy enough, haven't looked back since. Pricey but without hydro problems. Just my humble opinion. Now, after that being said, this video has me thinking hydro....... hmmmmm......... Thanks a lot, now I gotta get new brakes, Dangit!

I just put a pair of these on my Aluminum Comp. They're starting to show up on Amazon with the hoses swapped for North America so hopefully that takes care of the contaminated oil problem.

Watching this as I prepare to do my first brake bleed

That intro is me and my dad to a T lol god yall crack me up! Hope yall have a great Christmas

I appreciate you putting this video out. I have the Meroca 4 piston and haven’t had to bleed yet, but the meroca 2 piston on my mongoose ardor needs some bleeding love.

My son has had these zoom brakes on front of his bike for a couple years, and they have been great. I just ordered the rear because his mechanical rear is no longer safe. Ill use your video for my install. Thank you! PS. Stay out of pops area!

Nice, a question i have. What is the reason you put the red strap holding the lever back squeezing the brake before you put the screw back on? I have not seen that in any other bleeding video? Can you explain that in detail? What that does?

Wishing you guys a great Christmas and a successful 2021!!

We do not think you guys are full of holiday cheer today!!!! Nice job guys.....this whole thing is actually very similar to working with lines in ICU as a nurse hahaha....hahaha slo mo face squirt!!!!

I used the metal adapters. Seem to work better on mine. And I used mine on a hope one and old magura rim break

Regarding metall ring in brake lever. R we supposed to remove it or have it on while bleeding brakes?

Yay for brakes! Tubage for the stopage!

I just bought a set of zoom brakes for my e-bike, putting them in tomorrow, your videos will help me out, also I want to get into mma, would you ever help someone train?

I do not have this Zoom Brake Bleed kit, but I have an Ali Express one, the EZBleed kit. For all the brakes I’ve ever tried to bleed, worked fine. For bleed fluid, now I use Ambra Brake, with is a mineral oil base fluid designed for heavy machinery. It has a boiling point on 290 Celsius degrees and fully compatible with mineral oil brakes. Where I live it is easier to find then, than find a bike specific brake fluid. And also cheaper.

My old magura rim hydraulic breaks it was tricky but I got it.

How would you compare the Zoom brakes to the Shimano MT200? (BTW I was dying laughing with the slo-mo squirt to the face at the end! )

Thanks. All was going well until I broke the tiny thread end off one of the syringe tubes. Very fragile! Barely any force the snap it off. Going to try to just fill from the top until it seems all air is out (opening the bottom screw just enough to let the fluid drip out into a cup). Hope that will work as am unable to find just the “nipple” to buy a new one.

The bolt of the refilling valve that tightens on the zoom handlebars, snapped before tightening it. Now I have the tip stuck inside my zoom brake..

That intro was awesome lol

Hey your product links are sold out 🙋 Is there away to find them anywhere else I can't figure out if the other universal kits have the zoom break connectors

The green fluid is power steering fluid for european vehicles. It's a know alternative to bicycle brake mineral oil. There are posts on race teams using the Pentosin brand fluid.

Wow 5l that’s amazing 2 months ago when I started watching you had 3 k

Y'all are a riot to watch loved the intro

Great and entertaining bleed..... I really need to do this to my FX3

If u have problems with the rear brake, take the rear tire off and squeeze the brake without the bleed blocks and start filling!, If u put too much in it'll ooze out before u completely tighten the bleed screw back in the master. Also, zip tie the lenders in over night, put the bike in the stands and angle the bike nose up towards the levers. Tap the lines and let it sit overnight, it'll be spongy in the morning and just add more oil and you should be good! Just a few hacks I've learned as I have magura and those can be notoriously tricky to dial in perfect but good luck to ya and be safe out there! 👍🙋

Good Morning guys and have a Great day today 🤘🏽👊🏽

Hey tick you keep out of wolfmans space or he will bite you . No but good educational vid guys . So answer the question about humpty . Rockshox or x fusion. If you could only have one which one ?

We ordered these brakes from aliexpress and of course they came reversed despite the product description. The 1400mm rear hose is too short to run under the BB of the schwinn boundary like your taff, but we chose to reroute the tubing under the top tube and down the seat-stay which allowed us to stick with 1400mm. We just needed to swap the hoses at the master cylinder side. We did not do a bleed and it is working well. Can you tell us which shimano barb and olive you used for your hose replacement? I think it will probably be BH59 as used in the shimano MT200. Thanks.

The pre intro 😂😂 . Parallel to the floor lol! Level might work also 😜 . Nice job Bro . #wolfticknation

Cool now I know how to bleed my brakes! Thanks guys. Well I know of some Cat on YT, who uses baby mineral oil to bleed his brakes with 🤷‍♂️. Merry Christmas 🎄& best wishes to you folks for the New Year.

Intro had me dying lol 😆 earned a like and sub

If you could do a video on which type of hydraulic brakes meant for which mineral oil. Til now I'm confused about that.

How do you adjust the brakes if you just have half tread on pads but don't have air in a line they are zoom HB something hydraulics, PS that's the way China does it they run backwards brakes so your was normal parts

I tried to do this on an ebike without taking off wheel and the cylinder popped out. I tried to push back in but seems like fluid is leaking from cylinder.

When y’all shortened the hose what barb and olive did you use. A zoom specific or does a shimano bh90 work. What was used if it wasn’t one of those ???

Hi sir Yeah like zoom hydraulic Watching from Philippines 👍🇵🇭

Nice video....now bleed the mt 420s. By the way what feels better the Zooms or the mt420s?

Nice video! Congrats on 5k!

how did you flush the brakes without a bleed valve screw like on shimano calipers

what's in your Ears Bro? Thanks for the Video!

I just installed the Zoom Xtech Hydraulic brakes on my MTB. They work EXCELLENT! No hassle, No bleeding, and they look AWSOME. Red calipers against the stainless rotors on a black frame, looks totally SICK! I also want to make another point on why hybrid (hydraulic/mechanical) brakes are a better choice, for my situation anyway. I have a 2019 Schwinn Taff that I rebuilt from the wheels up. I ordered two new rims from Schwinn at $22.00 a piece and new Shimano quick release hubs, new tires and tubes and rebuilt some nice wheels with stainless spokes. I put on an entire new cockpit, red handlebars, a new stem and locking hand grips. When I was thinking about changing out the mechanical disk brakes for hydraulic I naturally had to replace the integrated Shimano shifters/lever cluster that came stock on the bike. So, I bought a new 3x8 Shimano shifter set to put on the bars with the new hydraulic levers. Then I found out about the hybrid Zoom Xtech hydraulic brakes that use existing cable pull levers. I ended up putting my integrated Shimano shifter/lever cluster back on the bars and just running the brake cable to the Zoom Xtech hydraulic calipers. Instead of changing out the entire cockpit for a traditional hydraulic brake system I could use my existing Shimano shift/lever cluster with the new Zoom Xtech hydraulic brakes. The stopping force is UNBELIEVABLE! I'm so glad I decided to switch everything back to original so I could hook up the Xtech hydraulic brakes. I like the HUMPTY DUMPTY build you and wolf (Dad) did on the Taff. I would like to send you a picture of all the work I have done on my Taff. Believe it or not, I paid $189.00 for my Taff brand new at Walmart. To date my total expenses on the entire rebuild is $1,300.00. Let me know how I can shoot you a pic. Thanks buddy!

The plastic ones is to avoid damage to the treads

What type of attachments do zoom brakes use if you need to replace the hydraulic lines?

I bled my tekto brakes you couldn't use the shimano funnel at all. I had to use a syringe and an overfill tube. I did screw up and forget the bleed block holy crap what a mess.

man, yall need a damn TV show! ..........🤭🤣😂funny as hell!👍🏾

You ever hear of "Logan" brakes? I can't find any specific how to videos on them...

It’s to stop the flow. That just like the one I got just labeled different.

We have the same zoom brakes

Question, the brass olive, does it specifically have to be zoom, or I can use a shimano brass olive after cutting my hose to fit?

I'm thinking about wrestling and Jiu Jitsu watching this video😂 ouss.✌️

I have watched this twice and have a question. Which style of olive did you guys use when making the rear brake line? BH59, BH90 or Techtro style. I have to replace a line on a set of these Zooms as well.

Thanks for sharing

It's still 19 to drink in Canada it's only 18 in Quebec and I think Alberta

What hydraulic hose compatible on zoom breaks? BH 59 or the BH90?

Get on with it already!!

Which is better from tektro m275 & zoom hydraulic breaks?

Nice video and a lot of info there, brother you should open your own bike shop repair 💪, again awesome video

The only problem I am finding with these brakes is that it is sometimes very difficult to switch out the rear hose on the lever because the zoom factory crushes the olive down so tight it makes it almost impossible to get the hose out. Secondly, you must be very careful not to strip the retaining screw when replacing it or your reservoir will leak. I found this out the hard way, I now have to re-order a left brake lever, and of course, it will come with a front brake line that will have to be replaced for the rear. Seems this process never ends...

You can find shimano hydros from 50-75$ and be set, instead of getting the breaks swap the lines then get a bleed kit and bleed them ya know

Merry Christmas eve

When you removed the breakpads did u fully straighten the thing that locks it? (The pin looking thing)

Nice kit and far cheaper than the Park Tool kit. I have been using drug store mineral oil. Berm Peak did an episode about it. Dirt cheap and pretty much the same stuff.

Man, that looks like the same break bleed kit I have, I've had it for like 3 months, haven't opened the box, lol

I’m no closer to knowing how to do this than before l watched the video. You didn’t take me through each step in the process. You Hooked up a tube here, you unscrewed something there and viola! Brake bleed done!

That intro though way to keep it real. In all honesty though I'd much rather see two real people arguing than two fake people just trying to put on a good show for people I loved it also reminds me of me and my dad

Can I use Shimano oil instead of tektro?

Any one know the bleed screw size on hydraulic zoom brakes lever? i broke the bleed fitting, is it m4?

Haha, sounds like you guys are chicken farmers with all that squawkin' in that intro!

Im having same issue with the zoom brakes

I can feel the love in that opening.. In the UK they have brake handle's reversed. Oh don't worry I don't think you're a professional.. hahaha Stay frosty brother

Early for me today, I'm on a roll! 😂 That intro was getting a bit lairy!😂😂 Funny to watch though and good to see you can both laugh about it! How was that faceful of mineral oil? I bet you didn't expect that when you woke up that morning 😂😂 Very comprehensive looking kit, should be able to bleed anything with that. Must do mine one day... Great video as always, take care 😎🍻

What size of Allen key use to unscrew the zoom bleeding hole?

Merry happy Christmashanukahkwanzaa everyone

what oil did u use??

5k LETSS GOOOOOOOO!!

What brake pads do these use?

What is your mineral oil?brand?

Taff Tuesday!

I just can’t get brake to have pressure

Hey Jeremiah, just wanted to let you know before ordering a new brake set from ZOOM. I just found a hydraulic hybrid by ZOOM, it's called "XTECH". It's a Mechanical/Hydraulic brake. It is actuated through mechanical brake levers that attach to a hydraulic caliper. This way you do not need brake hoses and don't have to hassle with pulling crushed olives out of hydraulic levers and changing them around. You just simply set up the levers on the handlebars like regular mechanical brakes, run the cable and housing to the caliper and attach it like a regular mechanical brake. Only difference is the pistons inside the caliper are actuated by hydraulic fluid inside the caliper, so no messy bleeding is required. I'm gonna order me a set. You can find them for $46.97 for front and rear on ebay. Just thought you might want to do a video on how to set these brakes up. I think they are going to be a big seller because there is practically none to very little hassle setting them up. Thanks for listening bro. Go check them out...

You two should create separate channel, where you talk about random stuff, and just go at it. Maybe even do a segment like from Family Guy, what grinds my gear. It would be hilarious. And for the next batch of stickers, you really should add: We are not professionals on it. It starting to be your tag line :D that kit is amazing for that price. especially for those who have more than one bike, with different types of brakes and oils. I was surprised how much you get in one package.

The into is amazing you should have it on every video. Really liked the video I’m actually going to get a upgrade list together for my boundary. It was going to be my dirt jumper but seeing Walmart jack up the price on the Axum by 200 bucks I guess no dirt jumper this year. 🤬🤬🤬 not happy with Walmart at all.

Haha I love that intro😂 the bleed kit was better than I expected I might get it for my self! Have a great Christmas and new year!

Gravity bleeding ftw

5:00 to get to when they actually start working on the brakes

That's what she said.

You watch Syd can teach you something she know how to fix a bike 🚴

My man's ears said 🍡

Trail? We wheeling now

Zoom is so cheap that I can afford it but the problem is I don't know how to bleed hydraulic brakes