need some help with this brake bleeder

[monkeydude3]

Hello all~
I bought a while back this little brake bleeder "kit" and now am getting around to needing it. It is the little white cup about the size of a dixie cup, that has a screw on top. It includes one very short hose and a long hose, and three adapters that go onto various bleeder screws. My main concern is how the hell do I use this thing? Has anyone successfully used one? Let me know how it is SUPPOSED to work so that I may give it a shot. thanks!


George

 

[monkeydude3]

*bump*

 

[monkeydude3]

anyone? Someone has to know how this works

 

[FourX4Luvn]

Well, you didn't mention that it had anything like a pistol grip, but the only thing I can think you're referring to is a type of Mity-Vac:

http://www.xs11.com/tips/maintenance/maint6.shtml

This link is for bleeding brakes on a motorcycle, but it should be enough to give you the right idea, assuming of course that you do in fact have a Mity-Vac.

 

[monkeydude3]

no I'm sorry. It was very late when I posted that so I was flaky. here is the exact kit that I have, but no longer possess the instructions (poor anyway) to. Thanks

http://www.tools-plus.com/lis19200.html

 

[gijoecam]

That unit is meant to be used in conjunction with a hand vacuum pump like the Mity Vac.

http://www.mityvac.com/kits.html

Or, you can do it the old fashioned way and simply use the cup to catch the fluid. It's hardly a bleeder "kit" as it claims.

-Joe

 

[Longjohn119]

Hook device to bleeder screw, starting with the furthest brake (passenger rear) and working your way back to the closest (Driver front) ... open the bleeder screw and slowly pump the brakes, when all the air is out, close bleeder screw and remove ..

All it is is a check valve that let's fluid and air out and nothing back in

 

[gijoecam]

Sometimes they have a check valve, sometimes it's just an elbow. Given the cost of that one, I'd wager it's just an elbow, but I can't say for sure.

-Joe

 

[FourX4Luvn]

If it's just an elbow fill the cup about halfway with brake fluid. Then when you let off the brake pedal, it won't let air back in the system.

 

[gijoecam]

Unless the tube that goes into the cup goes below the fluid level, that won't help, and the goal is to draw the fresh fluid into the system from the fresh stuff you put in the reservoir. I'm a firm believer that the best way to do that is the old "Pump it and crack it" method.

(GIT yer minds outta the gutter!!)

-Joe