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Carry on and pull them apart - you won't do any damage. Remember you will have brake fluid in the system and it'll destroy and paint it touches.

You can bleed the rear brake with only the one bleed screw. You just need to make sure that this screw is the highest point of the caliper which might mean you have to bleed the thing while it's off the bike. But of course you only need to bleed when you're putting them back on the bike after rebuilding.
 
Ugh. I assembled the front caliper with new pads and a new speed bleeder screw. Hooked up the new SS line and started the bleed in process.

The damn lines are leaking at the banjo ends! No doubt this comes from operator error in the line construction (i.e, I screwed them up). Not sure where I fumbled though.

Pulled them apart, but I don't think the olive/ferrule pieces survived the process well, as they are a bit dinged up. So, I ordered some new olives to try again.

Does anyone have any tips on how to pressure test the fittings before hooking them into the system for bleed in?
 
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