bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

does anyone have any idea on bleeding brakes without a pressure bleeder? somethinng homemade?

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

Two people, one in the car to press the pedal, one for opening the bleeder valves. About 3 feet of surgical tube that fits over the nipple, and a glass jar about 1/3 full of brake fluid.

Plug the tubing over the bleed nipple and submerge the other end in the fluid in the jar (very important that it stays there).

Then tell your buddy to step on the pedal and hold it down.

While he holds the pedal down, open up the valve, your buddy's foot should go right to the floor (no presure in the brake line w/valve open) You should see all the old fluid come out into the jar. It'll be dirty brown. CLose the valve and then yell at your buddy to take his foot off the pedal.

Repeat this on one caliper until all you see come out of the tube is golden clear brake fluid (it is flushed out)
Then move on the the other caliper and do the same.

Periodically check the resevor and refill while you do this (you will be toping it off a few times during this procedeure).

As far as my EF maintence manual says, the order of caliper bleeding is front drivers, then pass. Calipers. According to the manual it says it is unnessicary to bleed the rear since they are combined to the front. The lines run in the car in an "X" pattern so the right front would bleed the left rear at the same time, and vice versa.


....AS for doing it GHETTO style, then follow these instructions....

1. Tell yo baby's momma to shut her mouth long enough to fix yo' broke ass ride.

2. Go outside with jeans 3 sizes to big and a wife beater tank top, raise the car up on cinder blocks. you will need 3 for each side BUT one side must have two.
(stacked wood is okay)

3. Offer a crack head 5$ to help you (ONLY pay after he helps, ONLY pay him in dimes and nickels, you dont need to be shown crackies no paper cash fo them to jack)

4. Follow the same procedures, w/o surgical tube and jar, just fire that brake fluid into the street.

5. Drink a 40oz of Olde English and celebrate your abilities to stop for shortys

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

*laughs* Goddamn ...... that stuff was pretty funny. I had this picture in my head of Tupac bleeding brakes. Dammit ...... maybe I need to sleep..... :-\

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

Thinking back, I have never once tried to contain the brake fluid that sprayed out when I bled my brakes or clutch. I guess I considered the brake fluid to be like the oil the sprays from my pressurized crankcase when the pistons break: free ghetto undercoat. No underbody rust with that coat of DOT3 and 10w40.

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

LOL (no really i laughed out loud)
well thats the basic way, Me and my dad were trying to get fluid to come for 15 minutes doing that but if you have a shitload of air its easier to use pressure or vacuum bleeding.
I grabbed an old rad hose and stuck it over the m.c. it fit well but first i thought ill try the other way one more time a little differently, I sucked on the tube that was attached to the bleeder screw while it was open I couldnt believe it but slowly and painfully i was sucking air out i told my dad to press on the pedal and ---- flew everywere (use your imagination :-* ) then i did the old fashioned bleed method.
How could I pull the brake fluid out like that? perhaps
my robotic lungs could inhale more than you ever dreamed of jabba ::)

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

the ghetto write up has to be one of the funnier things ive seen in a while that ---- was great

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

Do it the easy way. Turn a bottle of brake fluid upside down in the master cylinder reservoir and open all the bleader screws. Close the screws before all the fluid runs out of the bottle. Gravity will pull the air out with the fluid, if you close the screws while there is still fluid in the bottle no air can get in the system. I have used this method to bleed brakes on every car under the sun and it always works.

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

if cc says it then it must be so (he's old and wise)

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

Hey, watch it on the old cracks. I will take the wise part but im not THAT old.

Re:bleeding brakes ghetto style?
 

That's the way I was always told to do it. I didn't want to say anything because I thought people would think I was crazy. :-[ I'm not crazy and niether am I. ;)
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