Anyone ever use Speedbleeders?

["Michael Geiger"]

Here is the link, they look like an easier method than ezebleed or
someone else pumping the pedals.

http://www.speedbleeder.com/


Mike Geiger

[Briggs1]

I put one on my clutch slave cylinder. It definetly worked well.
Unfortuantely my master cylinder is now DRY. I do not know if there is a
correlation or I did not seat the speedbleeder all the way down. I do know
that it beats the two person method, and I like them better than the hand
vacuum pump method.

Hope that helps - they are also available at Pep Boys for $10.00 a pair.

Briggs Pletcher

[ardee_selby]

--- In lotuselan@y..., "Michael Geiger" <mageiger@w...> wrote:

Yes, used them on variety of cars with success (brakes & clutch) with
or without an ezbleed. In the UK I think they have a different name,
which I can't remember off hand.

Richard

[gjz30075]

--- In lotuselan@y..., "Briggs Pletcher" <Briggs1@i...> wrote:

Briggs,
I'm definitely wanting to try these out. What size did you buy? Is
the slave bleed threads different from any of the calipers?

Greg Z
'72 Sprint

[Briggs1]

Greg,

I believe they were 3/8" and yes I think that the brakes use the same size.

Briggs

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Zelazek [mailto:***@***.***
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:29 PM
To: ***@***.***
Subject: Re: [LotusElan.net] Anyone ever use Speedbleeders?


--- In lotuselan@y..., "Briggs Pletcher" <Briggs1@i...> wrote:

Briggs,
I'm definitely wanting to try these out. What size did you buy? Is
the slave bleed threads different from any of the calipers?

Greg Z
'72 Sprint

[c.beijersbergen]

After never been satisfied with the standard bleeding method, which is a two
persons job with questionable results. I tried the Ezebleed thing. You can
do this on your own, but it is messy -at least it was with me - and again
the result was not making me happy.
So I devised my own method. I can do it alone, if you do it properly it is
clean and the result is as perfect as I can imagine it to be.

What you need is:
- A length of about 3 meters of transparant tube - the same kind used in the
normal method, that means it has an inner diameter which give a good
connection to the bleed screw.
- a jar
- a can of fresh brake fluid
- a wahing line clamp (how do you call these things in English?)
- some tape
- a spanner for the bleed screws

What you do is:
- remove the lid from the master cylinder reservoir (the method works for
brakes and clutch)
- if necesary fill up the reservoir
- put one end of the tube in the fluid
- prevent the tube from sliding out by clamping it to the resevoir wall with
the washing line clamp
- press the other end of the tube over the bleed screw of the wheel which is
at the greatest distance from the cylinder
- lead the tube over the car body so you can see it from the drivers seat,
you might want to use some tape to stick it to a window
- unscrew the bleed screw somewhat
- sit in the car
- start pumping on the pedal- you will see fluid coming through the tube,
this will go to the resevoir
- if you want to refresh the oil catch the outcoming oil in the jar, if you
only want to de-air let it flow to the reservoir
- now and then fill up the resevoir to keep the tube end fully submerged
- keep on pumping the pedal until no air bubbles are coming along in the
tube
- get out of the car
- retighten the bleed screw
- connect the tube to the next wheel and repeat
- when ready make sure you catch the oil in the tube in the jar
- at all times make sure no brake fluid gets on the car paint, I have been
told it is something to avoid

My brakes never before felt so hard, all traces of a spongy feeling had
disappeared


Since my Elan is RHD, my master cylinders are sitting under the carburettors
and air box. I have never been able to check the fluid level or even worse
to fill up the reservoirs without removing the air box (how do other peolple
do that?)
When I performed a complete mechanical resoration 12 years ago I replaced
the master cylinders with the integral reservoirs for euivalent items with a
reservoir that connects to separately [placed reservoirs through tubing.
Now my (transparant/opaque) reservoirs are sitting on my footwell (they just
fit under the bonnet). Checking and refilling is so much easier!

Greetings from


Cor beijersbergen van Henegouwen
70 S4 SE FHC

[lotusnut]

At 09:54 AM 11/13/2002 +0100, you wrote:


clothespin?
Thanks for the procedure.

[john.p.clegg]

clothespeg


-----Original Message-----
From: DAVE [mailto:***@***.***
Sent: 14 November 2002 01:24
To: ***@***.***
Subject: Re: [LotusElan.net] Bleeding method, was Anyone ever use
Speedbleeders?


At 09:54 AM 11/13/2002 +0100, you wrote:


clothespin?
Thanks for the procedure.

[lotusnut]

I suppose it depends on where we grew up.
http://www.dictionary.com/
clothes pin
n : wood or plastic; for holding clothes on a clothesline [syn: clothespin,
clothes peg]
Source: WordNet ? 1.6, ? 1997 Princeton University

But there was a boy in Yorkshire who's parents felt clothes pegs and pins
were a luxury.
He had to stand in the wind with arms outstretched and hold the clothes
until they were dry.
And then suck the brake fluid out of the Elan. No speedbleeders. [Must
stay on topic! ]

At 07:26 AM 11/14/2002 +0000, john.clegg wrote: