Vacuum brake bleeder

[ash reynolds]

I'm looking for a compressor powered bleeding kit to use on my 2000 VFR800. Mityvac 6830 seems to be universally popular but I'm having trouble finding a UK supplier other than Ebay. Anyone had any luck getting one? Any recommendations for alternatives gratefully received.

Cheers.

[Krikkit]

When I looked for one last year it seemed like this Sealey one was the best.



Moving house took the need for it away but I'd still give it a go for the money.

Does it have to be a vacuum one? The Funding eezibleed is quite good in my experience. Won't work for a bike without a circular reservoir cap of course.

[ash reynolds]

Krikkit said:

When I looked for one last year it seemed like this Sealey one was the best.



Moving house took the need for it away but I'd still give it a go for the money.

Does it have to be a vacuum one? The Funding eezibleed is quite good in my experience. Won't work for a bike without a circular reservoir cap of course.

Thanks for that.
Because of the linked brakes thing on the VFR there's some convoluted pipe work going on and more than the usual bleed points. Best chance of success seems to depend a vacuum being used and since I already have a compressor...

[NS400R]

I have the Sealey one. I do not rate it. You'd do better doing it manually or making up a cap for the eezibleed.

[patchb]

NS400R said:

I have the Sealey one. I do not rate it. You'd do better doing it manually or making up a cap for the eezibleed.

This is the issue with the eazibleed, since I’ve had mine I haven’t had a single vehicle that any of the caps fit. I’ve taken to connecting a hose to the bleed nipple on the calipers and blowing the fluid up the system from the bottom using the eazibleed. It works well and obviously is helped as any air wants to naturally rise, just have to make sure it doesn’t overflow the reservoir.

[archie456]

NS400R said:

I have the Sealey one. I do not rate it. You'd do better doing it manually or making up a cap for the eezibleed.

I also have a Seeley one and I think it works well.

[Krikkit]

archie456 said:

NS400R said:

I have the Sealey one. I do not rate it. You'd do better doing it manually or making up a cap for the eezibleed.

I also have a Seeley one and I think it works well.

It sounds a bit like the Mityvac then, I have one and it's crap unless the rubber adapter fits the bleed nipple perfectly. Good for other vacuum tasks mind.

[fergus]

I also have the sealey one but do not use it. The seals on the bleed nipple are not good quality. Instead I use a manual mityvac hand operated vacuum pump. Much better. Unless you go for a professional quality (& price) compressor driven brake bleeder, the hand operated units work better IMHO.

[CousinDupree]

NS400R said:

I have the Sealey one. I do not rate it. You'd do better doing it manually or making up a cap for the eezibleed.

Yep, it's fit for the bin. Pretty useless on my car or bike.

I just used a big 200ml syringe. That cost buttons and works really well.

[Bikesalot]

Another vote for a big syringe and a piece of tubing.

Makes it a simple one man job, which is handy when you're doing it the morning you're supposed to be dropping your bike off for a euro track day because in your wisdom you decided to fit new lines and master cylinder at 6am.