Bleeding Brakes on your own

Discussion in 'How To' started by SeanOC, Apr 6, 2014.

  1. First post on How To but hope it is of interest and relevant.

    Watched loads of YouTube videos on various methods of bleeding brakes & got various tips.

    Then wasted considerable time trying to get the Grunsons Eazibleed kit to work! I just couldnt get an airtight seal on the resevoir...

    I ditched that idea and ended up buying a europat VIZIBLEED 'One Man' bleeding kit with non-return valve from Halfords for £5.00 instead (a 1/3 of the price of the Eazibleed).

    Esentially this is 2 pieces of pipe 1 complete with non-return valve and a retaining clip for where the pipe goes over the bleed nipple.

    Having read the user feedback and borrowed an idea from YouTube I did the following mods:

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    1) I didn't like the idea of the waste spilling so I got a water bottle, drilled a hole in the top for the pipe to pass through (without the black flexi pipe) and a smaller breather pipe. Passed the pipe through with the non-return insode of the bottle. Then pushed the black flexi pipe back over, a bit of a faf but simple enough.

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    2) Put a cable tie around where the two pipes join as others have said that this can pop appart due to the hig pressure generated by the system & non return valve in use.

    I found that it was useful to have the bottle up on a couple of bricks with the pipe looped up above the bleed nipple so if any air was still in the brake fluid I could see it when I went to check

    Do remeber to use the retaining strap supplied with the kit to prevent the flexi pipe coming off of the bleed nipple. And resulting air into the system!

    Worked a treat. I had replaced 2 front Calipers and a rear slave cyliner n pads/shoes and it was no problem to bleed. Biggest problem was getting to the bleed nipples.

    I found it was easiest to have the van up on 4 axle stands. And as I learnt, a lot safer.

    Good luck!
    :)
     
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  2. I used an eazibleed and a one way valve at the same time when I did mine. Minimal waste worked great.
     
  3. Erm...Random but I'm in medical sales and use a single use catheter night drainage bag with the connector cut off as it has a one way valve and the fluid is contained in the bag - costs me nothing as a product sample and retails at less than 50p!
     
  4. Yep, I have the one man easibleed which has its own non return valve and a catch bottle so it's all contained. Nice idea though. You should write to VIZ and get it printed up as a top tip
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