Vacuum Bleeders

[iiibdsiil]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a vacuum bleeder for brakes and clutch hydraulics.

I saw someone liked the Motive one. I'm thinking I'd rather have one that is air powered, not hand pump.

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[TNToy]

You better use it an awful lot. They're not cheap once you get past the hand-pump type.

 

[iiibdsiil]

Awww, don't disappoint me. Maybe I can find something used? We used to use a sweet one at the dealer, but it was electric, and roll around.

 

[TNToy]

I know what you're talking about. We've got a couple of those. The little red "barrel" with a single vacuum-cleaner handle sticking up on the back?

We used to use those. Work fairly well, but our new machine (BG PF7) is a whole lot faster. It pressurizes the master AND vacuums the bleeder screw. Runs off of shop air.
http://www.bgprod.com/products/brake.html

 

[iiibdsiil]

Ours was a BG too. Can't remember for the life of me if it was air or electric now. I only used it like 3 times, and there was MAYBE 2 for all 35 technicians.

 

[whackywaxer]

I have a couple of old MG's which have clutch slaves in positions which make it hard to get a proper bleed. I have a ....glass jar with a hose (it is a should work but dosn't) ....MityVac Pump (air leaks in around Bleeder/hose connection)......then I got an Gunnson EzBleeder it works great and very fast one person process-and can also be used to do reverse bleeding which works well for that pesky Slave Cyl.

 

[iiibdsiil]

I can't find any info on that. Can you check the spelling? Nothing comes up for Gunnson on Google.

 

[whackywaxer]

Try these two links.....this looks goofy but it really works like nothing I have ever used ...very fast. I got mine for about $50 which is expensive but it works every time....a true one person operation.

http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=31644

http://www.mossmotors.com/graphics/products/PDF/386-868.pdf

Hope this helps....Tom

 

[iiibdsiil]

I'll have to check that out.

Someone on another board suggested just hooking up a bleeder line to the vacuum on the motor. Maybe if I was on the side of the road stranded, but not over a $50 tool.

 

[JohnZ]

'65-'82 Corvette 4-wheel 4-piston fixed caliper disc brakes are notoriously difficult to bleed, and occasionally defy nearly any conventional home bleeding technique (pump-and-hold, Mityvac, gravity, Phoenix Injector, etc.), but the Motive pressure bleeder does them in a single pass in ten minutes or less every time, as a one-person job. Best sixty bucks I ever spent on a tool.

 

[kartracer55]

I prefer a pressure bleeder to a vaccum bleeder for most of the time. I have found that pressure bleeding bleeds the system quicker than a vacuum bleeder does, if say you just did a line and need to pull a ton of fluid through, not to mention pressure bleeding seems to bleed more thoroughly, whereas you may have to rebleed with vacuum bleeder. Also, the noise from a vacuum bleeder can get old really fast(at least the vacula's).

My last complaint is that with a vaccuum bleeder, if the adapter isnt a perfect fit to the bleeder screw (which it never seems to be) it wont pull out a solid stream of fluid, making it hard to watch for any bubbles. Pressure bleeding is nice because you can actually watch the stream of fluid.

Jim