Preferred Brake Bleeding Method
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '10
Preferred Brake Bleeding Method
What method do you guys prefer?
-pressure bleed, like the Motiv, very easy, one man, but the cleanup with denatured alchohol when done is a pain
-check valve bleeder screws, sounds pretty easy, do they work?
-hand held vacuum pump, like the Mityvac (metal, not plastic), works OK, again the cleanup
-old school, two people
-pressure bleed, like the Motiv, very easy, one man, but the cleanup with denatured alchohol when done is a pain
-check valve bleeder screws, sounds pretty easy, do they work?
-hand held vacuum pump, like the Mityvac (metal, not plastic), works OK, again the cleanup
-old school, two people
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What method do you guys prefer?
-pressure bleed, like the Motiv, very easy, one man, but the cleanup with denatured alchohol when done is a pain
-check valve bleeder screws, sounds pretty easy, do they work?
-hand held vacuum pump, like the Mityvac (metal, not plastic), works OK, again the cleanup
-old school, two people
-pressure bleed, like the Motiv, very easy, one man, but the cleanup with denatured alchohol when done is a pain
-check valve bleeder screws, sounds pretty easy, do they work?
-hand held vacuum pump, like the Mityvac (metal, not plastic), works OK, again the cleanup
-old school, two people
I should be able to reach to brake pedal. 
Thread Starter
Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '10
DH,
With the speed bleeders, do you attach a 3/16"id hose that will drain to a small container, then loosen up the bleeder and pump the pedal? I guess the master should be full, before you start at each wheel. Is it that simple?
With the speed bleeders, do you attach a 3/16"id hose that will drain to a small container, then loosen up the bleeder and pump the pedal? I guess the master should be full, before you start at each wheel. Is it that simple?
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '10
I'm looking for a quick, clean & fast method with the least amount of clean up. It sounds like the speed bleeders might be the way to go. Thanks for the offer, I might take you up on it!
Pro
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It's a ten minute job with the Motiv pressure bleeder; I attach a one pint bottle to the hose and bleeder valve for just a quick bleed or just a hose to the bleeder and let it hang in a oil drain bucket for a complete flush.
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I actually gave one of those cheap plastic bags with the hose attatched, so there are no bottles to knock over or hose to flip out of the bottle ....no mess !!!!!!!
DH
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '10
Thanks Paul, the Motiv is about $65 with the adapter, so I would just buy it. But I think I'm going the speed bleeder route, its very quick, clean and easy.
