Bleed Brakes
 

Everytime i do them from fresh, eg empty and start again, it take forever to get the system primed up.

I did them again last night because i had to change the calipers, i will now have to do them again because my new brake lines arrived.

I have a bleading kit already. What is the easyest, fastest way to get them done?

Re: Bleed Brakes
 

bleed/prime the master cylinder first, do this before you attatch the hoses to it
this cuts down the time you are fafing around for

last night it i did not drain the entire system, just change the calipers, it still took ages.

did you change both calipers or just one at a time? not that it matters, if you are doing it yourself it should take no more than 1/2 hour i know a guy that takes an hour to do it but then he does take forever to do moost things

That might be me :oops: :roll:

Oh well, got to do them again before the track day on the 11th as my brake fluid looks like lyons treacle...... Will test out that new fangled 1 way valve and see if that helps 8)

bleeding brakes is a bleedin nuisance, but I bought a Mytivac (I think that's how it's spelt) and now brakes take a few minutes to bleed, even when I change the master brake cylinder it was effective (luckily the cylinder also had a bleed valve which helped). Can't recommend these little pump things enough. They are about £35, but as I've bleed my brakes a dozen times recently, with changing lines, cyclinder, caliper cleaning and maintenance and track days, its been well worth it.

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=533338

Yep, I'll second the recommendation for the Mityvac (American product, pronounciation is "mighty-vac" apparently).

Seems expensive, but it really does make bleeding brakes a doddle.

One advantage of this system is that you can use it to suck the fluid out of the master cylinder reservoir first, then re-fill it with fresh stuff, then bleed at the calipers as normal. This minimises mixing old and new fluid.