My Speed Bleeder experience
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From: Linden New Jersey
Thanks for the writeup and review. I'll make a buy online tonight when I get home, been wanting to get a speed bleeder for my truck and your post was enough for me 
Also have been wanting to flush the brake fluid from my 08 RG. But I was under the assumption that with the ABS, you needed to cycle the ABS pump, which required a visit to the local dealer. Am I wrong or you don't have ABS with your Brembos?
Any way
THANKS
Also have been wanting to flush the brake fluid from my 08 RG. But I was under the assumption that with the ABS, you needed to cycle the ABS pump, which required a visit to the local dealer. Am I wrong or you don't have ABS with your Brembos?
Any way
THANKS
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From: Near Myrtle Beach, SC
My bike is an ABS bike and there is no issue with bleeding the brakes in the comfort of your own garage. You don't need the dealer for this.
Once you unscrew the speed bleeder about 1/4 turn, simply start squeezing the lever or pressing the pedal, and brake fluid is instantly forced out through the tube and into your container. Just keep fluid in the reservoir and don't run it empty enough for air to get sucked into the valve holes at the bottom of the reservoirs. The fluid goes down really slow with each cycle of the pedal or lever. So you will be able to manage the amount of fluid needed in the reservoir with no problem. Get yourself one of those small syringe bodies to make adding fluid to the reservoir a snap. Don't over tighten the speed bleeder nipple. Once it seats, you will feel it and you don't need much torque beyond the point where it seats. I think you will be satisfied with this product.
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From: Indian Land, SC
Installed mine today and bleed the brakes. No seepage at all when I removed the rear stock bleeder. The two fronts runs leaked a small amount of fluid out while removing them but the shop rags protected the calipers and front fender.
The Speed Bleeders work as advertised. No issues at all.
If you order them, do yourself a favor and order the bleeding hose also.
The Speed Bleeders work as advertised. No issues at all.
If you order them, do yourself a favor and order the bleeding hose also.
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From: Near Myrtle Beach, SC
Installed mine today and bleed the brakes. No seepage at all when I removed the rear stock bleeder. The two fronts runs leaked a small amount of fluid out while removing them but the shop rags protected the calipers and front fender.
The Speed Bleeders work as advertised. No issues at all.
If you order them, do yourself a favor and order the bleeding hose also.
The Speed Bleeders work as advertised. No issues at all.
If you order them, do yourself a favor and order the bleeding hose also.
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From: Linden New Jersey
Thanks LC Joe
I've bled many a set of brakes in my time, just never by myself.........lol
I also ordered the hose and 4 extra caps. Probably will never need the caps, but at 10 cents apiece, why not? I'll just throw them in my toolbox
Besides if I do need to order them, the shipping would cost more than the price of the caps themselves
I've bled many a set of brakes in my time, just never by myself.........lol
I also ordered the hose and 4 extra caps. Probably will never need the caps, but at 10 cents apiece, why not? I'll just throw them in my toolbox
Besides if I do need to order them, the shipping would cost more than the price of the caps themselves
Road Warrior
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From: Atlanta, GA
The Speed Bleeders are a great and inexpensive product. They make flushing and bleeding brake fluid a short and easy fix.
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I really like the softness of the optional hose. It makes it easy to slip it on the nipple, and more importantly, when you have a full tube of brake fluid to manage at the end of the bleed, it allows you to "pinch" it off of the nipple when you are done....keeping all of the old brake fluid securely in the tube...exactly where it needs to stay.
