content22207_2
06-03-2016, 12:11 PM
There are all sorts of one man brake bleeders you can buy, but all you need is an empty bottle, a length of hose, and a little bit of brake fluid at the bottom of the bottle:
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When you press the peddle, air exits the hose and rises to the top of the bottle. When you let the peddle up liquid brake fluid from the bottom of the bottle gets drawn back in.
I've been bleeding brakes and hydraulic clutch lines this way since the 1980's (that's why I still use an old deposit bottle, which by the way is a perfect size, shape, and weight to hold the hose). Hasn't failed me yet.
(Large metal object in the foreground is a thrust arm. That's what Lotus was trying to emulate with the sway bar).
Bill Robertson
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When you press the peddle, air exits the hose and rises to the top of the bottle. When you let the peddle up liquid brake fluid from the bottom of the bottle gets drawn back in.
I've been bleeding brakes and hydraulic clutch lines this way since the 1980's (that's why I still use an old deposit bottle, which by the way is a perfect size, shape, and weight to hold the hose). Hasn't failed me yet.
(Large metal object in the foreground is a thrust arm. That's what Lotus was trying to emulate with the sway bar).
Bill Robertson
#5939