[Shotimes] Brake bleeding --getting the air out

[Bruce Malachuk]

What kind of idiot installs brakes with the bleeders pointing down? I mean
is common sense really that far gone in some people?

Les of course you have Wilwoods with 4 bleeder screws per caliper, but even
then you can't screw it up.

I thought shotimes list was a ghost-town.

On 5/31/07, Ian Fisher <dataflash at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Are the calipers installed with the bleed screws pointed up?
>
> Why are we using this list?
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Paul Nimz <pnimz at v8sho.com>
> To: Shotimes at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:22:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brake bleeding --getting the air out
>
> I take a plastic bottle, drill a hole in the cap big enough to get my 1/4"
> thin wall clear tubing through it.  Them put a bolt into the end of the
> tubing
> and clamp it on with a hose clamp.  Just above the bolt I then cut a short
> 3/8" slit in the hose.  This will expand as you force fluid out then
> collapse
> and seal when the pressure is off.  Just one more way to keep air from
> traveling back up the hose.
>
> But if the hose is long enough air traveling back into the caliper is not
> the
> problem.  Usually too loose of threads at the bleeder screws is where the
> air
> gets back in from.
>
> I also have the engine running so the power brake feature is
> working.  Much
> easier on the legs.
>
> Paul
>
> I though the Shotimes list was dead?????
>
>
> On 5/29/2007 8:57:40 AM, Zach Leahy (leahyz at gmail.com) wrote:
> > Easier method, but you have to make a tool.
> >
> > Get a 20z or liter soda bottle, a length of clear tubing that just fits
> > over
> > the bleeder (3ft or so), and a threaded hose barb.  Take the cap of the
> > bottle and drill a hole in it, then thread the barb into it.  You want
> it
> > to
> > be a good tight seal, so work your way up the drill sizes until you can
> > just
> > barely thread it in.  Put the hose on the barb fitting.  Punch a hole in
> > the
> > bottom (opposite cap) end of the bottle.
> >
> > Attach the hose of your bleeder bottle to the bleed screw, zip-tie or
> > somehow attach the bottle to something above the bleeder with the cap
> > facing
> > down.  Open the bleeder.  Fill Reservoir.  Pump brakes 15-20 times and
> > check
> > the hose for any air bubbles.  Seeing none, close the bleeder, remove
> the
> > hose, and go to the next wheel.  Start on Driver rear then Pass rear
> then
> > Pass front, then driver front.  For a full flush of the brakes I go
> > around
> > the car about 3 times.
> > You'll need to keep filling the reservoir on the the
> > M/C.  If you let it run out, you have to start over.
> >
> > Works like a champ, costs $3 to build (including the soda) and only
> requir
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Bruce J. Malachuk

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