Originally Posted by
hhk25
Thanks the the reply. I have bled a lot of Shimano brakes but not many SRAMs. Should there be much difference in the amount of effort needed to push fluid through either system?
No, there is a blockage somewhere. If you want to service these to work well against my advise you will probably have to at the minimum rebuild the levers in addition to bleeding, and should also probably rebuild the calipers as well. Save yourself time and money and buy some entry level Shimano or Tektro brakes .