85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
where did you get this phenoix injector??
CK5
Register an account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members.
How to bleed brakes??
- Thread starter 85mudblazin
- Start date
Snap on
Mac
Matco
Cornwell
Napa can get em
I think they are $150 for the cheap one.
A pump on the jug is like $15
same concept.
Attach the tube to the bleeder and pump until yer helper says ... fluid is coming out.
Back bleeding.
Umm air does travel up.
But if ya pump the pedal it dissolves in the fluid.
I used to work on Jets and still work on all kinds of hydraulic systems.
The concept is the same.
Mac
Matco
Cornwell
Napa can get em
I think they are $150 for the cheap one.
A pump on the jug is like $15
same concept.
Attach the tube to the bleeder and pump until yer helper says ... fluid is coming out.
Back bleeding.
Umm air does travel up.
But if ya pump the pedal it dissolves in the fluid.
I used to work on Jets and still work on all kinds of hydraulic systems.
The concept is the same.
You can use all theese methods,and a Mightyvac vaccuum pump tool at the bleeder screw, or gravity bleed them,just crack the bleeder slightly and let it drip for a few minites--since I am alone most of the time I do it this way a lot,and I seem to have good luck--also it prevents all that pedal pushing,and the potential of ripping the cups in the master cylinder piston,because its usually dirty and rusty at the bottom of the master cylinder's bore--I've had a few power brake boosters diaphrams get damaged from pushing the pedal all the way down to the floor.
I also use a vaccumm bleeder I made from a 1 qt glass jar with a metal lid--I soldered two metal tubes in the lid,one goes all the way to the bottom,the other only an inch under the lid,you attach the short tube to a running engine's manifold vaccuum,hook a rubber hose to the other tube that is submerged in some brake fluid in the jar to the bleeder screw,and it will suck the air out of the lines,using your engine as a vaccuum pump.You can pinch the vaccuum hose off with vise grips,for a shut-off.It works pretty good--only bummer is the glass jar gets smashed easy--plastic hasn't worked--they collapse too easy.Might be some heavy plastic ones that will work. Bleeding brakes is a pain in the butt no matter how you do it--I rank it right up there with root canals and speeding tickets! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
I also use a vaccumm bleeder I made from a 1 qt glass jar with a metal lid--I soldered two metal tubes in the lid,one goes all the way to the bottom,the other only an inch under the lid,you attach the short tube to a running engine's manifold vaccuum,hook a rubber hose to the other tube that is submerged in some brake fluid in the jar to the bleeder screw,and it will suck the air out of the lines,using your engine as a vaccuum pump.You can pinch the vaccuum hose off with vise grips,for a shut-off.It works pretty good--only bummer is the glass jar gets smashed easy--plastic hasn't worked--they collapse too easy.Might be some heavy plastic ones that will work. Bleeding brakes is a pain in the butt no matter how you do it--I rank it right up there with root canals and speeding tickets! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
az-k5
1/2 ton status
I have done them the two person way and never really liked the results. I now have a mighty vac tool and it works okay. I put in speed bleeders and ran a full liter thru the system. WOW /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif what a difference it is. Less mess, less time, less hassle. I still want to get them power bled cause that is the end all to air but speed bleeders should be OE.
Just my .02
Just my .02
jwduke
1/2 ton status
A Mityvac works good, unless you have run the system dry, and the bypass in the proportioning valve has popped. Then a mityvac will not build up enough pressure to keep the bypass open.
