morganm
Well-known member
Spent I don't know how many hours and quarts of fluid doing the two man method.... hold pedal, loosen bleeder, and hope your friend closes it before the pedal hits the floor! Yeah, I've tried the 'one man bleeder' kits before; the crappy plastic nipples, the bottles, and weak magnets to hold them. Like most I'm not going to drop the money into a real nice pressure bleed system or have the time to make one from a fertalizer pump and spare parts. All a thing of the past.
http://www.speedbleeder.com/
They are rarely listed and often over looked at parts stores. You may have to dig them out yourself or find a parts guy willing to do more than stare at the computer screen.
For the Samurai you want SB#1010 for the front calipers. This is a direct replacment for your stock bleeders. Like I said; they are rarely listed by their SB part #. Go by the size; M10x1 threads and 1.34 inches long. Look on the back of the package to find out the specifications. Sometimes it says on the front. I usually find them in those red HELP! packages.
Here's a really bad pic but you can see the shiney new gold speed bleeder replacing my old rusty stock one. Right above that blury brake line
By now you're thinking; well thats great for the front calipers but what about my rear drums?! You'll have to make some custom speed bleeders for that. This little trick will work on almost any stock bleeder; depicted below is what I have done for my old Subaru and now my Samurai
Here you can see the tools needed and the package the bleeders came in.
I recomend using hose clamps at both ends! I tried it with just the one end clamped to the stock bleeder. The speed bleeder screwed into the hose tight but the pressure of the hydrolic brake system shot the speed bleeder out! LOL Here's one I made with clamps at both ends.
I actually just leave them clamped on in the rear. Here you can see them on my Subaru's rear calipers. I offroaded the piss out of this thing; never lost one.
Incase you didnt read the package; here's how you use them. Crack open the bleeder just a quarter of a turn, pump the brakes freely about 5 times, then tighten it back up... its really that easy! There's a check valve in the speed bleeder, fluid goes out and air can't come in. Also don't forget to top off the master cylinder inbetween each slave cylinder; dont wanna have to bench bleed the MC whlie your at it now do you?
Enjoy!
http://www.speedbleeder.com/
They are rarely listed and often over looked at parts stores. You may have to dig them out yourself or find a parts guy willing to do more than stare at the computer screen.
For the Samurai you want SB#1010 for the front calipers. This is a direct replacment for your stock bleeders. Like I said; they are rarely listed by their SB part #. Go by the size; M10x1 threads and 1.34 inches long. Look on the back of the package to find out the specifications. Sometimes it says on the front. I usually find them in those red HELP! packages.
Here's a really bad pic but you can see the shiney new gold speed bleeder replacing my old rusty stock one. Right above that blury brake line
By now you're thinking; well thats great for the front calipers but what about my rear drums?! You'll have to make some custom speed bleeders for that. This little trick will work on almost any stock bleeder; depicted below is what I have done for my old Subaru and now my Samurai
Here you can see the tools needed and the package the bleeders came in.
I recomend using hose clamps at both ends! I tried it with just the one end clamped to the stock bleeder. The speed bleeder screwed into the hose tight but the pressure of the hydrolic brake system shot the speed bleeder out! LOL Here's one I made with clamps at both ends.
I actually just leave them clamped on in the rear. Here you can see them on my Subaru's rear calipers. I offroaded the piss out of this thing; never lost one.
Incase you didnt read the package; here's how you use them. Crack open the bleeder just a quarter of a turn, pump the brakes freely about 5 times, then tighten it back up... its really that easy! There's a check valve in the speed bleeder, fluid goes out and air can't come in. Also don't forget to top off the master cylinder inbetween each slave cylinder; dont wanna have to bench bleed the MC whlie your at it now do you?
Enjoy!
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This will come in really handy when I got to put my longer brake lines on.
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