Two piece bleeder,valve removal
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,627
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From: East Hartford, CT
What am I missing?
I tried using the speed bleeder on my front brakes with a complete drain and caliper rebuild.
I though just filling the res and pumping the brakes would be easy.
With a clear tube on the end of the bleeder, I didn't see any fluid moving.
If I loosened the bleeder, it was moving fluid, but I didn't think that was what I wanted.
I'm thinking the check valve on the bleeder didn't like a system filled with air.
So, I put the original bleeder back on and saw fluid and bubbles.
Took about an hour of fudging but got the lever pumping hard.
I still have the rear caliper rebuild done and will try the speed bleeder again with the rear.
I tried using the speed bleeder on my front brakes with a complete drain and caliper rebuild.
I though just filling the res and pumping the brakes would be easy.
With a clear tube on the end of the bleeder, I didn't see any fluid moving.
If I loosened the bleeder, it was moving fluid, but I didn't think that was what I wanted.
I'm thinking the check valve on the bleeder didn't like a system filled with air.
So, I put the original bleeder back on and saw fluid and bubbles.
Took about an hour of fudging but got the lever pumping hard.
I still have the rear caliper rebuild done and will try the speed bleeder again with the rear.
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 20,850
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From: Poolville
What am I missing?
I tried using the speed bleeder on my front brakes with a complete drain and caliper rebuild.
I though just filling the res and pumping the brakes would be easy.
With a clear tube on the end of the bleeder, I didn't see any fluid moving.
If I loosened the bleeder, it was moving fluid, but I didn't think that was what I wanted.
I'm thinking the check valve on the bleeder didn't like a system filled with air.
So, I put the original bleeder back on and saw fluid and bubbles.
Took about an hour of fudging but got the lever pumping hard.
I still have the rear caliper rebuild done and will try the speed bleeder again with the rear.
I tried using the speed bleeder on my front brakes with a complete drain and caliper rebuild.
I though just filling the res and pumping the brakes would be easy.
With a clear tube on the end of the bleeder, I didn't see any fluid moving.
If I loosened the bleeder, it was moving fluid, but I didn't think that was what I wanted.
I'm thinking the check valve on the bleeder didn't like a system filled with air.
So, I put the original bleeder back on and saw fluid and bubbles.
Took about an hour of fudging but got the lever pumping hard.
I still have the rear caliper rebuild done and will try the speed bleeder again with the rear.
yeah I tried them and didn't have much luck with him either I got rid of them.. and I prefilled everything so there wasn't much air in the caliper but I still didn't get it to work..
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