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- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!naomi!lester
- From: lester@naomi.b23b.ingr.com (Les Bartel)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for one-man brake bleeding tools?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.163853.10343@infonode.ingr.com>
- Keywords: hydraulic brake fluid bleeding
- Sender: usenet@infonode.ingr.com (Usenet Administrator)
- Reply-To: lester@naomi.b23b.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation
- References: <5889@airs.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:38:53 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <5889@airs.com>, andrew@airs.com (Andrew Evans) writes:
- |> Hi net.motorheads,
- |>
- |> I need a tool that will allow me to bleed my brakes without an
- |> assistant to pump the brake pedal. In my car's Haynes manual they
- |> mention a tool which is a simple non-return valve that you attach to
- |> the bleeder nipple. This allows you to pump the brake pedal until no
- |> bubbles come out. I've also seen pictures of an elaborate
- |> hand-operated pump with a fluid cannister attached. This sucks fluid
- |> out the bleeder nipple. I'd prefer something like the first, since
- |> it's simple and gets the job done. Anybody that can recommend a
- |> particular tool, and maybe even where to get it in the Boston area?
- |>
- |> Thanks,
- |>
- |> --
- |> Andrew Evans (andrew@airs.com) - Infinity Development Systems - Waltham, MA
-
- I've had good luck using plain ole gravity. Remove the filler cap, and
- open the nipples. I do one at a time. This can take a while. If you
- have the brakes apart, squeeze the calipers/pistons all the way in to
- force most of the fluid out of the cylinder. Make sure that the resevoir
- is never allowed to empty. After all the brakes are bled, pump the
- brake pedal to refill the cylinders after installing the pads/shoes and
- drums/rotors (again make sure that the resevoir doesn't empty).
-
- - les
-
- --
- Les Bartel lester@naomi.b23b.ingr.com
- Intergraph Corporation Huntsville, AL
- Electronics Division (205) 730-8537
-
- To the cat, the experimenter is problematic.
-