brake bleeder

goldspanners

has anyone used or own one of these?
is it any good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Sealey-

anewman

Certainly looks interesting. Seen quite a few people recommend the Gunson Eezibleed online in various forums http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_204645_langId_-1_categoryId_165469 You connect it to a spare tyre and it pushes fluid through. But as I have a non-standard brake fluid cap it only succeeds in pi**ing brake fluid all over my engine bay. I suspect if you have a standard cap you might have more luck than I had.

epninety

Not seen or used one, but if I were spending that sort of money, I'd be looking for a vacuum bleeder, rather than a pressurised one. Less likely to squirt brake fluid all over the place, and has worked beautifully the few times I've had chance to use one. Something like a Mityvac maybe?

Just my 2p worth!

goldspanners

its more for changing fluid completely rather than just bleeding.
ive seen the ones that go onto the spare tyre,but i prefer this idea,it is a vacuum pump,it isnt pressurised by an airline.

Crabman

I'm looking for one of these one-man kits too goldspanners, but unless Halfords give trade card holders a good discount on the Gunson Easibleed I'll go for the two-man method of pressurising via the brake pedal.

I just need to find a tube to fix onto the bleed screws so the drained fluid doesn't spill everywhere.

P.S: anewman where've you been?! :beer: I'm now a Halfords Trade Card holder... if there's a secret handshake let me know

EDIT - goldspanners - found a thread here using a similar looking bit of kit

epninety

Not sure I understand Goldspanners - it appears to be a hand pumped pressure bleeder, that feeds fluid into the master cylinder. Can't find any instructions online, only an exploded diagram, but it looks like a cross between a plant sprayer and the Gunsons easibleed (which isn't and doesn't ).
I found the vacuum bleeder was excellent for clutches, where the master cylinder sometimes doesn't shift enough fluid to be able to easily bleed it manually - the air bubbles run back up the line almost as fast as you can pump fluid down by foot.

epninety

Crabman wrote: »

I just need to find a tube to fix onto the bleed screws so the drained fluid doesn't spill everywhere.

Halfords (used to?) sell the 'simple' one-man bleeding kit - a short piece of clear hose, with a one way valve on the end. For just bleeding brakes and clutches (i.e when theres already plenty of fluid in the lines) they work well enough.

MSE tip - they sell the slightly pointless 'twin circuit' kit, which is just two of the 'single circuit' kits, but from memory it wasn't anywhere near twice the price. Since they don't last forever (brake fluid eventually clouds and hardens the plastic) it might be worth buying the twin kit

anewman

Be careful with the brake pedal method on old or cars where brake fluid changes have been extremely neglected. I bust the seals on my master cylinder by bleeding the brakes using the pedal pushing method (ironically because the Gunson's Eezibleed which is supposed to help prevent this didn't work). Apparently the seals pass by bits that aren't normally crossed inside the bore and where this has corrosion it can damage the seals. As I understand the technicalities of it all vacuum bleeding from the bleed valves is the best method, but is also expensive.

Gunson Eezibleed comes with some small tubes of various sizes for the bleed screws.

Don't know of any secret handshake I've been in the land of Wales with no Internet access.

Crabman

I'm glad you mentioned that, the fluid probably hasn't been fully renewed for a few years now and the car's 11 years old. Something I've had on my 'to do' list for a while. Maybe I'll get m'garage to do it then, he charges £20 for it which is probably ok given the time it takes.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

goldspanners wrote: »

has anyone used or own one of these?
is it any good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Sealey-

Overkill really. You only need to bleed a small amount of fluid, its surprising how little each line holds. I'd save your pennies and get a mate to pump the pedal, while you hold the bottle.

Throbbe

I had an Eazibleed which after two uses sat at the back of the garage for years. Make of that what you will. What I did do though was get a spare reservoir cap from a breaker and fix the hose to it, rather than using the supplied ones, which improved matters slightly.

I now use the cheap and cheerful non-return valve, and did have a use for the dual circuit one as my last car had four pot calipers and two bleed nipples on each.

re damage to master cylinder seals, I check the brake travel beforehand and put something behind the pedal to stop me going too far. Yes, I am sad and obsessive.