Speed bleeder - has anybody got experience of using them?

[Rubce]

Hi All

Have any of you had experience of using these brake bleeding devices on your car?

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Search.do?method=delegate&n=1711&g=3680&s=speed+bleeder

Regards

Bruce

[new to this]

Hi All

Have any of you had experience of using these brake bleeding devices on your car?

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Search.do?method=delegate&n=1711&g=3680&s=speed+bleeder

Regards

Bruce

Bruce

Not used that make but have used them before on a old ford they work well they have a one way valve inside
hope it was helpfull

Dave

[Bob Heritage]

I fitted a similar set to a Mk 1 GT Cortina many moons ago, worked O.K. but how often do you bleed the brakes?

[v8wgm]

Just use a rubber bleed pipe with the end blocked off & cut a small slit near the end with a razor. There's a free one-way valve.

[jleyton]

Just use a rubber bleed pipe with the end blocked off & cut a small slit near the end with a razor. There's a free one-way valve.

Brilliant ! I'd never heard of that before but it sounds like an excellent idea. I like simple ideas - like me !

Cheers

Julian

[DJT]

Just use a rubber bleed pipe with the end blocked off & cut a small slit near the end with a razor. There's a free one-way valve.

You used to be able to buy these for very little money. Had one for years until the rubber perished and couldn't get another. Just use the old plastic hose in a jam jar method. As long as the hose is below the surface of the fluid in the jar it has the same effect.

[Rubce]

The thing that appeals to me about the Speedbleeders is the ability to bleed the brakes on your own. I was thinking of them for the GT6, not the Stag. My Easybleed kit does not contain a suitable adaptor for the GT6 brake master cylinder and I don't have a spare cyclinder to rob the cap off.

Bruce

[v8wgm]

Hi Bruce,

Using the pipe with a slit does allow you to bleed the brakes yourself. I leave the end of the pipe with the slit submersed in a jar of fluid & pump the pedal with my hand whilst watching for all the air coming out. Then just go and tighten the nipple.

I have the same problem with the easybleed kit in that the caps don't fit. What I use now is an old master cylinder cap with an air compressor fitting fixed through the lid. Then just attach the compressor, but make sure your pressure regulator is set low! If you don't have a spare cap, hunt around the kitchen for one. I use a peanut butter jar lid for the land rover!

[jbuckl]

Goodridge bleed screws ....Lovely idea but only listed in metric

I fitted classic.car.supplies. stainless bleed screws and made a cap for the stag brake reservior to use the easy-bleed.

[Rubce]

Imperial versions are available from the USA. The front calipers on the GT6 are metric. I fail to see how you can press the brake pedal whilst watching for bubbles for undernetah the car at the rear. I am tall but even I won't stretch that far

Bruce

[v8wgm]

I'm not fantastic elastic man either

I've done it by kneeling on the ground at the drivers door and pressing the pedal with my hand whilst watching under the car. Simples

I now mostly use the compressor method though.

[Staggard]

I get the misses to press the pedal !! get's her out the house ya know, she's always on about never going anywhere

[v8wgm]

That's the reason why I have to do it by the one man methods:

All that moaning just wears me down