why do they have to make the hole super super small for the rear nipples? the front ones were a snug fit but didnt require muscles in contrast to the rear ones.

discuss?

 

What are you talking about???

 

im talkin about those tubes they give you. the clear tubes are way too small to fit onto the rear bleeder nipples.

 

don't they give you some adapters to fit on the end of the hose to fit various size bleed screws?

 

I had the worse time with this kit the clear tubes kept popping off from caliper or the little bottle it self

worse $15 i have spent in a while

 

I don't think you are thinking the same thing he is talking about. I think he has a vacuum bleeder that only requires one person operation. I think you are just referring to the plastic bottle with hose that catch the fluid but still require two people (1 to pump the pedal and 1 to open the bleed screw).

I have a plastic bottle with a hose and attachments that I bought at Sears I think. Has a hose that attaches to a bottle and adapters that fit onto the ends of the hose to allow for use on a variety of bleed screws. Works quite well for me.

My girls brother went to use it once and was having a hell of a time until I told him to use the adapters that were sitting in the bottle he didn't even notice them. After that he said it worked good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TouringAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't think you are thinking the same thing he is talking about. I think he has a vacuum bleeder that only requires one person operation. I think you are just referring to the plastic bottle with hose that catch the fluid but still require two people (1 to pump the pedal and 1 to open the bleed screw).

I have a plastic bottle with a hose and attachments that I bought at Sears I think. Has a hose that attaches to a bottle and adapters that fit onto the ends of the hose to allow for use on a variety of bleed screws. Works quite well for me.

My girls brother went to use it once and was having a hell of a time until I told him to use the adapters that were sitting in the bottle he didn't even notice them. After that he said it worked good </TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gurvinder Minhas &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had the worse time with this kit the clear tubes kept popping off from caliper or the little bottle it self

worse $15 i have spent in a while</TD></TR></TABLE>

no he's right. its a one man bleeder, but you still have to step on the brakes. its not a vacuum but it holds pressure i guess. you get brake fluid everywhere since one end fits kinda loosely onto the container and the other end is at the tip of the nipple. arg.

just remembered autozone lets you rent their brake bleeders, the good ones

its this one:


and the rear bleeder holes on my 96 accord are bigger than the ones on the front.

 

that picture is hard to see what it is in detail.

I guess I've never seen those kind of one-man bleeders.

 

That is the POs i used

I set mine on fire !
lol joke tossed it

 

yeah, the friggin magnetic crap you're suppose to screw in is bs. and if there's too much pressure, either one end or the other end of the tube is gonna pop off and brake fluid is gonna splash everywhere.

 

i have never bled brakes but i have my clutch, so i will assume it is the same procedures. Go to home depot or lowes get yourself a hose, they have many sizes and you can make it as long as you wish (price of the hose should be under 1.00) better yet remove the bleed screw take it with you and find a hose that will fit on the bleed screw, once you have that down get yourself a big bottle (apple jucie cranberry juice bottle) and throw the hose in it, reason for the big bottle is the brake fluid wont overflow from the bottle because you have to pump your brakes so many times to get fluid thru the brake system and the hose won't keep jumping out the bottle as oppose to the little teeny bottle you bought for 15 bucks.

hope you get the picture

 

do you know what these hoes are called cuz i cant find em at home depot.

 

rubber tubing hoses, they come in various sizes from big to small, take the hose that you have @ the moment (the one taht came with your bleeder kit) and take it to home depot or lowes whichever and show it to someone @ the store and they'll show you what they have. Should be in the plumbing dept. Come on this is not rocket science . I even use the same rubber hose to bleed my cooling system, i also use the same hose (these are bigger in diameter) fill my tranny when i had to flush my transmission fluid


Modified by kidcool1977 at 2:03 PM 4/6/2008

 

go to any hardware store and ask for clear vinyl tubing. ACO, ACE, True Value, Home Depot, Lowes, etc. should all carry it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jmumblez2001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have never bled brakes but i have my clutch, so i will assume it is the same procedures. Go to home depot or lowes get yourself a hose, they have many sizes and you can make it as long as you wish (price of the hose should be under 1.00) better yet remove the bleed screw take it with you and find a hose that will fit on the bleed screw, once you have that down get yourself a big bottle (apple jucie cranberry juice bottle) and throw the hose in it, reason for the big bottle is the brake fluid wont overflow from the bottle because you have to pump your brakes so many times to get fluid thru the brake system and the hose won't keep jumping out the bottle as oppose to the little teeny bottle you bought for 15 bucks.

hope you get the picture</TD></TR></TABLE>


yeah thats pretty much the best solution short of a "professional" bleeder. as a bonus, you get a large bottle of cranberry juice, which helps clean your kidneys out. just pour enough fluid into the bottom of the bottle so that it covers the end of the hose. that keeps it from pulling air back into the system.