Bleeding brakes with once person

[fergus]

I need to refresh the seals in my m/c and will need to bleed the brakes on my car.

Can anyone suggest a reliable, easy to use solution for one man brake bleeding?

PS anyone replaced seals on their m/c? I presume it's a fairly simple job after soaking the seals in brake fluid for a while?

[jeremyc]

fergus said:

Can anyone suggest a reliable, easy to use solution for one man brake bleeding?

I do mine with an EeziBleed kit which pressurises the system from a tyre.

Seems to work fine.

[fergus]

jeremyc said:

fergus said:

Can anyone suggest a reliable, easy to use solution for one man brake bleeding?

I do mine with an EeziBleed kit which pressurises the system from a tyre.

Seems to work fine.

Does it not tend to explode b/fluid everywhere? I suspect you need to drop the tyre pressure to sub 5-6psi?!

[jeremyc]

fergus said:

jeremyc said:

fergus said:

Can anyone suggest a reliable, easy to use solution for one man brake bleeding?

I do mine with an EeziBleed kit which pressurises the system from a tyre.

Seems to work fine.

Does it not tend to explode b/fluid everywhere? I suspect you need to drop the tyre pressure to sub 5-6psi?!

I've not had any problems running off 20psi or so; it's only going to explode if you've got dodgy seals in the system or leaking nipples .....



..... oh!

[GreenV8S]

I've used a vacuum bleeder, and I recommend staying away from them - right pita. Pressure bleeders seem like a good idea but I had an unfortunate experience with one when the cap came off the reservoir and sprayed half a liter of expensive paint stripper around the garage. What I do now is connect a long clear hose from the bleed nipple up to a container that is high enough to see from the driver's seat. Since the hose leads up away from the calliper, any bubbles tend to head away from the calliper rather than being back up into it. For eliminating air locks etc after the system has been drained it's handy top be able to poke the hose back into the reservoir so you can circulate the fluid round as many times as you want.

[fergus]

GreenV8S said:

I've used a vacuum bleeder, and I recommend staying away from them - right pita. Pressure bleeders seem like a good idea but I had an unfortunate experience with one when the cap came off the reservoir and sprayed half a liter of expensive paint stripper around the garage. What I do now is connect a long clear hose from the bleed nipple up to a container that is high enough to see from the driver's seat. Since the hose leads up away from the calliper, any bubbles tend to head away from the calliper rather than being back up into it. For eliminating air locks etc after the system has been drained it's handy top be able to poke the hose back into the reservoir so you can circulate the fluid round as many times as you want.

good idea. I might try that. thks

[jasgti]

ive used eziblleed lots of times on lots of cars and never had a problem 20psi is what is recommended if i recall