Binding brakes - Front caliper pots not going back in easily

[Bretty]

I might have been dreaming this (last week was a long one)...  but I seem to remember, if you took the reservoir cap off you could see the lever actuating the piston and the hole where the fluid went into the line/cylinder and where it would flood back into the reservoir when you pushed the pots in.

Don't forget, as someone has probably already said. If the reservoir is filled with fluid and the cap is on, fluid won't easily flow back into. Try taking the cap off... and watch it overflow when you push the fluid back.

I still don't understand why the put the reservoir and bleed nipples directly about the pads and discs, so if your a clumsy Muppet (like me) you can p* brake fluid all over your pads and discs at every opportunity. :-)