Re: Vacuum brake bleeding kits

["dmcman82" <dmcman73@xxxx>]

I've used them before and they generally work well. I still favor a 
cheaper one man bleed technique which consists of a glass jar, some 
length of rubber tubing and brake fluid. One end of the rubber tube 
is fitted over the bleed screw and the other end is inserted into 
the glass jar that is filled half way with brake fluid. Open up the 
bleed screw, get in the car and slowly pump the brakes. As you press 
down on the peddle, air and fluid is expelled into teh jar, as you 
lift off the peddle brake fluid (not air) is drawn into the caliper. 
After doing it a few times close the bleed screw and move to the 
next one. I try to get someone to help me just to watch the jar for 
bubbles. I tell them to let me know when the bubbles stop as I press 
the peddle and then I close up the bleed screw.

There is a method to bleeding the brakes though, like bleed the 
front left then move to the rear right and so on (not the exact way) 
I can't remember the sequence and I'll have to look it up...maybe 
someone on this list knows? It may not be important to follow but I 
try to follow it when I need to do it.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Hank Eskin" <heskin@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I need to bleed my brakes, and today I picked up a $25 vacuum
> pump/one-person-brake-bleeding kit at Autozone. What are peoples' 
opinions
> about these type of kits, do they do the same job as a traditional 
two-man
> brake bleeding procedure, and is there anything I should look out 
for when
> using this kit?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Hank Eskin #1619