Date:         Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:01:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
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From:         Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake bleeding tools
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I did a similar thing when I bled my clutch cylinder.  Except I reduced the
pressure on my left, front tire and used it as my air supply.  The fitting
on the reservoir cap was pretty leaky so I had to fill the tire once.

Tom Salicos


> On Jun 12, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Wil Haslup wrote:
>
>> Tabe Johnson wrote:
>>> There are lots of ways to bleed brakes and clutch.  I made
>>> a pressure bleeder like this:
>>>
>>> 1) Get spare brake fluid reservoir LID from junkyard
>>> 2) Get a tire valve with a nut on it (they're for trucks) at tire
>>> shop
>>> 3) drill hole in lid for tire valve
>>> 4) goop up tire valve where it seals with lid with silicone or
>>> somesuch
>>> 5) put tire valve in, gently tighten nut on tire valve.  Watch goo
>>> ooze.
>>> 6) Ooze, goo, ooze.  Blue goo goes Ooze.  Oozy goo!
>>> 7) Wait for the silicone or whatever you used to dry
>>> 8) Install lid on reservoir.
>>> 9) Put a hand bicycle pump on, pump a few strokes. Careful, now.
>>> 10) Loosen bleeder bolt as usual
>>> 11) All done!
>>
>> thanks for the instructions but now I've got a question.
>>
>> Typically, when I've bled brakes before was to connect a bleed kit
>> (hose
>> and cup) to the bleeder on one wheel (or in this case possible the
>> slave
>> cylinder), pump the brake pedal (or in this case possibly the clutch
>> pedal) a few times, add fluid to the reservoir, and repeat until no
>> air
>> comes out of the bleeder and only fluid flows into the cup.
>>
>> How does using a pump to pressurize the reservoir do anything
>> different?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Wil
>>
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