Brake Bleeding Tool

[Bengt_Phorqs]

I seem to recall a thread within the past six months about bleeding brakes and using an aftermarket tool.  Did a search and can't find the thread.  Does anyone have any recommendations about such a tool to make it easier?  Normally bleeding brakes isn't such a chore but it kind of takes three hands to do this.  (Kind of like tuning the drones on my bagpipes).

[montmil]

IIRC, Mike, the brake bleeding chat was in a multi topic thread chit chat.

If you have a MityVac, after draining out and flushing the old brake juice, you can refill from the brake bleeder nipple UPWARDS into the reservoir. No air trapped at all and it's a one-man job.

Monte

[Bob_Roller]

There is also a product called 'speed bleeder', it's a bleeder screw, with a spring loaded check valve .

Only have to connect a hose to the bleeder, and open it up and pull the brake lever .

[Justin B.]

I want to bring over my camcorder when you try to force fluid from the nipple up to the MC with a Mity-Vac, should be really entertaining!  To do this you have to make an adapter to go on top of the MC, apply vacuum and suck it up.  With just the Mity-Vac you fill the reservoir and pull it down and out the nipple.No draining/flushing involved, just empty the reservoir with a turkey baster, put teflon tape around the nipple threads, attach Mity-Vac, fill reservoir, and suck away.  When the fluid coming out turns clear (or whatever color fluid you use) you know you are done...

[DgM]

I used a Mity-Vac as did Justin and bled the brakes on my bike in a few minutes.  That's the way to go.

[MrRiden]

Mighty vac and the HF cheapo version do a nice job. Also at your local grocery / kitchen gadget store look for a large syringe used to inject marinade into chicken and such. Works a treat to force fluid up from the bleeder.

[montmil]

Yea, I just chatted with Bengt and it appears I've given incorrect 2nd - 3rd hand info off my Cabriolet list. My bad...

I did use a model airplane glo-fuel rotary hand pump to fill the aircraft's brake lines and reservoir from the bottom up. That worked slick.

Here's a photo of my $6.00 DIY pressure bleeder that I use on the Cabrio's brakes. I confess, I have a MityVac and it's still in the package.     Monte

[Motu]

MiyVac can do pressure as well as vacuum,but still wouldn't pump fluid.You can get pressure bleeding pumps that bleed from the nipple to the master cyl - I use a big horse syringe to pump fluid up.I've been looking at drench guns,I reckon they would work well as a reverse flow bleeder.