I'm thinking about getting a Motive pressure bleeder for flushing brake/clutch hydraulics.

Anyone use this product? What psi do you use when bleeding brake/clutch systems?

Can't find any info on pressure bleeding in the Helms manual and Motive doesn't have any suggestions other than looking in the manual.

 

No more than 20, otherwise the reservoir will probably start leaking. The unfortunate part about using a Motive bleeder is that since Honda uses a non-screw on type cap, you have to use the generic fit. This is fine as long as you crank it on nice and even, and TEST 20 psi before you fill it w/ fluid.

You'll understand once you have it. Once it's on, bleeding the brakes is easy.

Warren

 

It's a shame you cant search the body of the posts anymore, because there ia a lot of info about the Motive bleeder on this board. Here is one I posted about my experiences, but others have had better luck.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=123496

I could only get 15 psi out of it before it would leak at the rubber seal. And that was barely enough to get a trickle at the right rear.

One of these days I am going to look at making a better universal cap for mine.

-Floyd

 

I set mine up at 20 on my RX-7, and had no leaking at all. But Warren is right, TEST IT before putting in fluid.

Here's another post: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=140018


[Modified by martini, 9:18 PM 3/12/2002]

 

If you can only get 15 psi, I'm betting you wrapped the chain directly across the master cylinder. If you go diagonal, you should be able to get 20 psi.

The first few times I did this, I couldn't figure out why I was able to use 20-22 sometimes, and then only 15 the other times. It's all about where you position the top and the chain.

Re: better generic top. I don't think it will really be possible with the Honda type reservoir. You can't screw on a cap to get a nice tight fit. If you used a spare cap and put a hole and barb in it, I bet it would leak like mad.

Warren

 

Sorry for posting on a subject that has already been covered so extensively. I usually do a search before posting, but didn't do it this time

The product seemed like a good one for flushing the brakes out each year, but I can now see how it may be a pain to use for just bleeding at the track.

Thanks for the help.