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 How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587182
03/31/05 03:23 AM
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Anonymous
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Hey guys, can anyone give me an idea how to bleed my brakes and or clutch by myself. I need to bleed both, but I have no one around until tommorow afternoon to help. Thanks <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
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 Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587183
03/31/05 03:51 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
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Parts house has a vaccume pump made just for that! 4 or 5 bucks and do it yourself. In fact it is BETTER to do it with the pump! No spills and no air in the lines. Big JIm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
professional bovine relocation specialist
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
[Re: BigJim]
#587184
03/31/05 03:56 AM
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Anonymous
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Or you can be even lower cost ad go buy a 4 foot long 2x4. Cut it to length so that if you push the pedal in, it will hold the pedal with some pressure. 2x4 worked great for me for years until I got a vacume bleeder.
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587185
03/31/05 05:36 AM
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Anonymous
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A trick I learned is to attach a length of vacuum hose to the bleeder valve and submerge the other end in a container of brake fluid. As long as the free end stays submerged in liquid, you can leave the bleeder valve open and pump the pedal until all the air is cleared. The only drawback is the amount of fluid needed to keep the hose in, and to refill the MC reservior (but if you have to do it alone, this works).
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587186
03/31/05 04:18 PM
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Joined: Oct 2002
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ditto on the jar method. done it. works great
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587187
03/31/05 04:33 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
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I've done the 2X4 thing, it works okay for the right rear tire, but takes forever to do the RR or up front. Don't really like doing it with the clutch. The vacuum thing works great. Just don't reuse the fluid/dump it back in the master cylinder. That stuff does go bad after a while. detergent breaks down and, like motor oil, the viscosity starts to weaken. Best to get ya a couple pints, use one on the brake lines every couple of years, and another as a spare when things start leaking and another to open on your clutch system.
91 Jeep Wrangler YJ, carpet, tires, trailer hitch. yea....
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
[Re: NCBBA2358]
#587188
03/31/05 07:49 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
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i used a vacuum pump for the first time last weekend. i'm not going back to the jar.
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
[Re: valleycat]
#587189
03/31/05 09:05 PM
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Anonymous
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i used a vacuum pump for the first time last weekend. i'm not going back to the jar. I had air leaking in around the bleeder fitting threads. How did you stop that or didn't it happen to anyone.
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587190
04/01/05 12:57 AM
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Joined: Jan 2005
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air does leak around the threads. it's a constant stream of bubbles that are uniform. i don't think that it's an issue because you're pulling the fluid out, and then tightning the bleeder before you loose vaccume. the trick is being able to decipher air in the line from air at the threads.
94 yj 456gears, detroit locker and 30 spline axles out back, 33" bfgs
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Re: How can I bleed my brakes alone?
#587191
04/01/05 03:03 AM
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Joined: Mar 2004
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I didn't like the leaking threads, I'll use the vacuum pump method if no one else is around but still prefer to have the brakes pumped by a helper if one is handy. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
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