Manual Brake Bleeding kit
Submitted by Dale on Sun, 2017-03-05 07:41
G'day guys, looking for one of these kits to change out the brake fluid on my Subaru, this is my dinghy tow car. Anyone used one of these kits they can recommend? There's a lot of comments out there and a lot of negative stuff, and it's definitely a case of getting what you pay for. But for a one off job, I don't want to pay a huge amount.
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Marineboy
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Brake bleeding
just for a 1 of job why wouldn't you do it the old fashioned way ?
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Dale
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Got to do full fluid change out, so need to contain all the fluid, so might as well do it this way.
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Vaccuum bleed kits are
Vaccuum bleed kits are unreliable at best. I started out as a brake tech for Toms Tyres way back when & have been in the game ever since. I would never use one. Find a second person & use the pump the pedal method. Use a piece of aquarium air hose to slip over the bleed nipple & run the other end of the hose into a bottle. That will contain your old fluid. Use a syringe or rag to remove the bulk of the fluid from the master cylinder resivour but do not remove so much fluid that it no longer covers the valves in the bottom of the resivour. Wipe any sludge out of the resivour while you are at it. Fill with new fluid & start pumping that pedal. Bleed shortest line to longest. It will be obvious when the new fluid starts coming through each line as you will see the fluid colour change in the clear aquarium air line.
opsrey
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+1 two person method very good.
beers after job finished should get a mate around.
Dale
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Thanks mate, just been reading more on this, it's getting bigger than Ben Hurr with the ABS setup on my Outback. Might have to pay to get it done.
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Have a look at how the job is done
Have a look at youtube they might have a tutorial on it.
Dale
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Looked at a couple on YouTube, the car has primary and secondary systems on the brakes. It gets a bit too tricky for me to do it, in particular in my location.
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Dont think it costs much to
Dont think it costs much to have it done?
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