who needs a speed bleeder when...

[OreoGaborio]

you've got a straw, a beerglass, a coathanger & a stick

i think that was the cleanest hand bled brake job ever

[craig]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
you've got a straw, a beerglass, a coathanger & a stick

i think that was the cleanest hand bled brake job ever

Care to MSPaint a diagram there, Macgyver?

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by craig
Care to MSPaint a diagram there, Macgyver?

hah, i was just gonna explain, but since i am "Tha MS Paint MASTAAAHH" i shall oblige and paint you a picture to go with my words

put the straw on the caliper nipple, bung, whatever you wanna call, cut the hanger & put a little bend near the top like a long "7". stick the tip of the hanger in the straw & let it hang down to the beer glass... if the coathanger is resting on the lip of the glass lay a stick across it & rest the coathanger against that... there ya go

the fluid will go up the straw so you can see when the new fluid starts coming out & whether or not there's any air bubbles, the fluid will go down the coathanger & into the beer glass. the stick keeps the hanger away from the edges of the glass so the brake fluid doesn't drip down the outside

Necessity is the mother of invention

[hohum]

Dude thats frickin genius!

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now spend the $20 on a cheepo speed bleeder

Seriously though, thats a neat trick to know for situations where you don't have all your tools.

[SwiftTone]

I have a similar setup, but mine might be even less messy.

You get a vacume hose from autoparts store that would fit nice and snug over the bleeder valve. Get a bottle, 20oz is a good choice. Drill a hole in the bottle cap that would fit the vacume hose. Fit the vacume hose through the bottle cap.

Originally posted by hohum
Dude thats frickin genius!

...

now spend the $20 on a cheepo speed bleeder

Seriously though, thats a neat trick to know for situations where you don't have all your tools.