Bleeding brakes

You don't have to pull the cover. Open up the side panel and below the secondary the bleed screw is located. If you don't get a hard brake handle, pull the cover off and see if the hold down plate for the brake shoe is on top of the shoes and not between the shoes, this will cause the piston to be pushed away from the roter cause a lot of travel makeing the brake soft. These happened to my new xp 168. Hope this helps.