Speed bleeder help....
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Speed bleeder help.... I just installed some SS brake lines and speed bleeders. I noticed the speed bleeders looked the same as the factory ones but alittle shorter 1/8". Are speed bleeders alittle shorter than factory ones or did I get the wrong ones? Mine are m10 x 1.0 33mm long.
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Re: Speed bleeder help.... They may not be an identical size. If they threaded in place and don't leak....you likely have the correct part # bleeders. E-mail me the part number that you are using and I'll dig out my set in the garage and see if they match. (I got mine from a friend that worked with me at Jegs High Performance, and I know that I have the correct part #). Good luck.
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Re: Speed bleeder help.... Just some info to keep in mind . Pay close attention to how much you tighten them down when installing them or after bleeding your brakes. It requires a very small amount.
I used the Solo-bleeders once and only once. After bleeding my brakes one time, I never could get a firm pedal after installing the bleeders along with some S/S lines. Everything was wiped dry and at quick glance didn't appear to be a leak at the brakes. Everything was tq'd per instructions.
After 2 or 3 times of bleeding my brakes I realized that the speed bleeders were weeping brake fluid on 2 of them. I tightened a little more...no better...a little more...no better. <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Finally, I removed them and found that the brass part at the bottom of the bleeder had started mushrooming on three of them. Two of those were split and one had a piece missing which luckily I found on the ground. Must have fell off when I removed it.
I dug the stock ones out of the trash, cleaned them off, rebled the brakes enough to make sure no air was in the lines and ba da boom...firm brakes.
It was a night and day difference between the stop feel on the stock ones and the Solo's. Obviously me tightening them down more caused the mushrooming but they were leaking otherwise and they never appeared to reach a stopping point when tightening them.
FYI <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
I used the Solo-bleeders once and only once. After bleeding my brakes one time, I never could get a firm pedal after installing the bleeders along with some S/S lines. Everything was wiped dry and at quick glance didn't appear to be a leak at the brakes. Everything was tq'd per instructions.
After 2 or 3 times of bleeding my brakes I realized that the speed bleeders were weeping brake fluid on 2 of them. I tightened a little more...no better...a little more...no better. <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Finally, I removed them and found that the brass part at the bottom of the bleeder had started mushrooming on three of them. Two of those were split and one had a piece missing which luckily I found on the ground. Must have fell off when I removed it.
I dug the stock ones out of the trash, cleaned them off, rebled the brakes enough to make sure no air was in the lines and ba da boom...firm brakes.
It was a night and day difference between the stop feel on the stock ones and the Solo's. Obviously me tightening them down more caused the mushrooming but they were leaking otherwise and they never appeared to reach a stopping point when tightening them.
FYI <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Re: Speed bleeder help.... Weasel, what was the brand of screws that you were using? I was going to order a set of the Earl's solo-bleed sometime soon, but would like to know if these are going to help or not.
Thanks.
Shay
Thanks.
Shay
Re: Speed bleeder help.... I too am no fan of speed bleeders.
If you open them too much, they will pull air from around the threads. If you don't open them enough, you get no volume of fluid.
It's a very fine line and much more hassle.
If it's solo bleeding you are after, buy a MightyVac hand pump.
If you open them too much, they will pull air from around the threads. If you don't open them enough, you get no volume of fluid.
It's a very fine line and much more hassle.
If it's solo bleeding you are after, buy a MightyVac hand pump.
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Re: Speed bleeder help.... </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 98-mongooSSe:
<strong> Weasel, what was the brand of screws that you were using? I was going to order a set of the Earl's solo-bleed sometime soon, but would like to know if these are going to help or not.
Thanks.
Shay </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was the Earl's Solo-bleeders that I used. I was not impressed.
If you look at this picture, you can see that if you keep tightening the silver part down once the brass part has reached bottom, the silver cylinder will keep pushing into it and the plunger is soft enough to flatten out.
http://store.summitracing.com/produc...57#largerimage
I'm sure they've worked for plenty of people, just not me.
<strong> Weasel, what was the brand of screws that you were using? I was going to order a set of the Earl's solo-bleed sometime soon, but would like to know if these are going to help or not.
Thanks.
Shay </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was the Earl's Solo-bleeders that I used. I was not impressed.
If you look at this picture, you can see that if you keep tightening the silver part down once the brass part has reached bottom, the silver cylinder will keep pushing into it and the plunger is soft enough to flatten out.
http://store.summitracing.com/produc...57#largerimage
I'm sure they've worked for plenty of people, just not me.
