[s-cars] Brake bleed tools

[Theodore Chen]

my brake bleeding setup consists of two pieces of 3/16" clear vinyl
tubing, which you can get at home depot, and two plastic bottles.

for me, bleeding brakes consists of connecting the tubes to the
bleeder valves on one side of the car, opening the bleeder valves,
and pumping the brake pedal about 8 times.  refill the reservoir 
frequently.  it's very annoying to suck air at the reservoir, because
getting the air out of the master cylinder is a pain to do.

when i've pumped enough fluid through the system, i get out and quickly
close the bleeder valves.

i do this on my own, with no assistant.  i do not have problems with air
in my brakes.  i have done this dozens of times, on my street and race
cars (i used to flush the brakes on my race cars 6-8 times a year).

-teddy

--- Rich Beebe <rich at beebecomm.com> wrote:

> just a thought - you can always just get your SO to help with the
> pumping as you open and close the bleeder valve. i simply ask my
> wife for help when i bleed my brakes. she also works with non-audi
> vehicles. <g>
> 
> rich
> 
> > From: "Ron Kirkham" <ronk at oparch.com>
>  
> > I need to replace brake fluid on both my '93 S4 and my '98 A8, and would
> > like to do the jobs myself.  I recall some rather strong opinions on
> one-man
> > brake bleeding tools, and would appreciate some suggestions on the tools
> > that some of you have used, and would recommend I invest in.
> > 
> > I am also assuming that these tools will work on (gasp!) non-Audi vehicles?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > 
> > Ron 
> 
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