Originally Posted by
Koyote
I'm not sure why the brakes are a problem; presumably, your old fork and new fork take the same sort of brake caliper, so just swap it over. If it's hydraulic, I don't think you'd need to bleed it again, assuming it's working properly. Or is there something I'm missing?
Could be internally routed on one or the other which is a pain and while sometimes yes you can successfully do it without needing a re-bleed it is not bad to have it on the ticket just in case. Could also be old fluid and could use some changing it may not be mineral oil it could be DOT fluid.