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- From: sgm@otter.hpl.hp.com (Steve Methley)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:14:54 GMT
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for one-man brake bleeding tools?
- Message-ID: <2030061@otter.hpl.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
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- andrew@airs.com (Andrew Evans) in <5889@airs.com>:
-
- > I need a tool that will allow me to bleed my brakes without an assistant to
- > pump the brake pedal...tool which is a simple non-return valve....elaborate
- > hand-operated pump with a fluid cannister attached...Anybody that can recomme
- > a particular tool...
-
- For the non-return valve type you need to be by the wheel cylinder to watch for
- when the bubbles stop and by the brake pedal to pump it. Not a one man
- operation where I come from ;-). I'd say what you need is the pressure
- operated system which connects to the spare tire/tire on car. This keeps the
- fluid topped up and under pressure so all you do is squat by the cylinder to be
- bled and close it when bubbles disappear. Never heard of the hand suction
- system except for testing distributor vacuum capsules, sounds expensive.
-
- Pressure bleeding takes 20 minutes and costs <$10 for the kit.
-
- Cheers,
- Steve.
-