Re: Easy brake bleed

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phemister, George - AFN <PHEMISG@TC.GC.CA>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: Easy brake bleed


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><<<<<<<<<<<<<Sachelle Babbar WROTE
>To: quattrolist
>Subject: Easy brake bleed
>Date: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 4:18PM
>
>I bled my brakes last week and I generally have trouble doing it just
>because it's always me alone. I do have one of those Lisle "One Man"
>brake
>bleeders, but it doesn't work well just because by the time I run to
>close
>the bleeder valve, air gets sucked in.. I have a Shop Vac and I attached
>a vacuum hose over the the vacuum line of the bleeder. Put duct tape
>over
>the end of the shop vac pipe and taped the hose in there. Turned the vac
>on, pumped the brake pedal once to get the fluid started and Voila!
>.It's
>great for when you want to completely flush the system, too.>>>>>>>>>>>.
>
>
>Where's Rube Goldberg when you really need him! Have you tried the
>pressure bleeder kits? There is one available in UK for about 20 L.


I use a vacuum bleeder setup which is a somewhat more sophisticated version
of the ingenious shopvac contraption. It is a hand vacuum pump which also
works great for testing vacuum motors and vacuum hoses for leaks (not that
we need this on Audis!). It does a great job at bleeding and flushing the
brake system and gives good control of the bleeding process since everything
is done at the bleeder valve. The entire kit sold for $60 CDN at the local
CTC store.

Fred Munro
'91 200q  246k km