Brake bleeder suggestions
Interested in upgrading mine, any feedback on the ones offered would be appreciated. I see they have a power bleeder and my first thought was brake fluid under air pressure around my painted vehicles.
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SidecarFlip wrote:
Not exactly sure what you refer to.. Bleeding the wheel (caliper's) after changing pads, replacing (flush and refill fluid) or just insuring there is no air in the system?
I use either a Mityvac vacuum pump with a catch bottle and / or allow gravity to fill the wheel cylinders and do the final pull with the Mityvac.
As a rule, your master cylinder will always be higher than your wheels and brake fluid is pretty viscous so it flows readily and fluid always flows downhill.
I do a brake fluid flush and refill every few years. Fluid is cheap, even DOT 5.
Need to change the fluid in my toad. I think the mighty vac is most popular.
