Brake bleeding

[roachjuice]

What's your method of bleeding brakes? I'm a one man crew here. So simplicity is key. I thought about putting some clear tubing on the bleeder screw and putting the other end of the tubing in a clear plastic bottle with a little fluid at the bottom. Them pump the brakes with the bleeder screw open. I can't find any speed bleeders for this thing. Friend suggested some sort of bleeder that hooks up to compressed air and acts as a vacuum. Hand pump Mighty vacs around here are 45 dollars. F a bunch of that.

[black86glhs]

That will work. I have done it like that for many years. Obviously the line has to be in the brake fluid to not suck sir back in, but it works well. If you use a pop bottle, drill a hole in the top so the hose fits snug. Keeps you from hosing down your work area if it falls over.

[Force Fed Mopar]

Yeap, DodgeZ showed me that trick years ago, works good.

[turbovanman²]

Best way is 2 people, borrow a friend, neighbour etc. I use a small water bottle with brake fluid in it and a piece of rubber hose thru the lid, have buddy push the brake pedal down, you crack the bleeder, then close, repeat then leave the bleeder open, have buddy pump the pedal until no air, close, release brake pedal, push pedal, crack bleeder, close then repeat at the other corners.

[RoadWarrior222]

Yah, I like to refer to those hose and bottle setups as "one and a half man" bleeder kits, because they're very hard to use by yourself. Don't use too long a tube otherwise it will tend not to push all the bubbles out in one stroke and you'll suck them back.

I picked up a cheap hand pump vacuum pump deally, the pump part of it is great but the nipple adapters that came with it are a soft rubber that doesn't hold the nipple too well and also suck closed

[wheming]

I've mostly used the MityVac kit for solo brake bleeding. With help its easier to pump bleed.

I'm on my second mityvac and it just recently broke. The plastic ones are durable but they don't last forever. I like them because they do vacuum and pressure.
I'm going to look for a cheapo vacuum pump at like Harbor Freight or Northern Tool.
When using a mityvac though I always use a much larger (1liter) Nalgene vacuum bottle. That tiny container that came with the mityvac is practically worthless.

[wallace]

What is thread pitch and count for the front discs and rear drums? I would think you could get some of those speed bleeders from summit or jegs.

[roachjuice]

What is thread pitch and count for the front discs and rear drums? I would think you could get some of those speed bleeders from summit or jegs.

I need it done this week. This car has to be in this car show by Thursday night. I dunno the thread pitch. Its not on a turbo mopar. Its on a 66 biscayne with drums and manual brakes. I tried to look at oreilly auto and they didn't have em. I think I have a set in my garage that I never used. Thanks for reminding me

Story behind this situation.
I pulled it out the garage yesterday morning to take on its weekly drive for the day and the brakes felt like they were about 2 inches from the floor. But it stopped pretty good. Well i didn't think that was correct. So I checked the master cylinder and it was almost empty. I put some fluid in it and it didn't help shyt. I drove it all day yesterday with it like that. So I thought it may have some air in it. Went to bleed the setup with my father in law and didn't get anywhere. The pedal is actually worse now. The car stops. The pedal is just all the way to the floor. Now I don't know if it could be the master cylinder or not. And I'm not sure if we were bleeding them correctly or not. He was pumping the brakes while I was under the car. Then he would hold the brake to the floor and I would crack the bleeder open. Seemed like it was barely coming out. I don't seen any leaks anywhere.
I figured I'd bleed the system correctly and if that didn't work I'll replace the master cylinder.

[RoadWarrior222]

I'm going to look for a cheapo vacuum pump at like Harbor Freight or Northern Tool.

See if you can find this one...


It's "Power Fist" brand from Princess Auto here, the pump and gauge seem great/strong, it's just the quality of the nipple adaptors is horrible. Up here, retails at under 50, goes on sale for 30. Figure it might be available branded as something else elsewhere.

[135sohc]

Clear tubing into the jar. I use a wooden parallel clamp to keep the bleed jar from tipping over and cut a length of 2x4 to wedge down the brake pedal between running back n forth to close the bleeder and keep the reservior full.

[supercrackerbox]

I've always used the jar/pop bottle/beer bottle method and done all four corners at once.

[T-Bohn]

FWD performance has the speed bleeders. I have them on my car and all my bikes. I love them.

[cordes]

+1 for the jar and fluid method. Although I've gravity bled the brakes with no issues also.

[black86glhs]

For those telling him to get a kit......The idea was to spend as little money as possible. Thus, the pop bottle and tubing.
Yes a vacuum bleeder or a second person would be easier, but not always a possibility.

[cordes]

For those telling him to get a kit......The idea was to spend as little money as possible. Thus, the pop bottle and tubing.
Yes a vacuum bleeder or a second person would be easier, but not always a possibility.

Gravity bleed them for free!

[black86glhs]

Gravity bleed them for free!

True, forgot about that.

[Turbo Joe]

sorry but I use my snap-on air powered vacume bleeder for solo work. But yes gravity bleed them then finish off with the tubing bottle trick if you can't get speed bleeders.

[tryingbe]

I've used vacuum pump once to bleed, never again.

Pressure bleeder is so much better.

http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed...eder/index.htm

[roachjuice]

Alright I got it all worked out this afternoon. Friend bought me something from harbor freight. It was 30 bucks. Works great!! Requires an air compressor. Sucks fluid out though the bleeders. Did all that and still no pedal. Wound up being the master cylinder. 17 dollars later its fixed. Easiest master cylinder over ever changed. Works great. Locks up all 4 now. Thanks for the input guys!

[cordes]

Glad you got her fixed. Brake problems are not fun at all.