Brake bleeding kit?

[Viney]

Sooooooooo many ways of bleeding brakes, and everyone has thier technique. I like the tube being held above.

If you have deep pockets, check out the Mityvac bleeder (around 40 quid inc P&P) from M&P. It cuts out all the tedious lever squeezing and nut cracking (and swearing).

[jambo]

The one way valve kits can be more trouble than they're worth, Some of them require a fair bit of pressure to operate the valve meaning the pipe keeps popping off the nipple.

A long bit of clear tube and a bottle are my chosen tools.

Edit: If the rear brake still works, just fill the resevouir up, There's a fair amount of fluid held in the pipe so even if the resevoir's empty there may be no air made it as far as the rear master cylinder

[yorkie_chris]

A lot of people run the rear brakes with no reservoir, just a bit of clear tube directly onto the M/C, you can easily see and top up the fluid then. Save's a little weight if you're into that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

A lot of people run the rear brakes with no reservoir, just a bit of clear tube directly onto the M/C, you can easily see and top up the fluid then. Save's a little weight if you're into that sort of thing.

This is a good setup, its called a HRC setup and is lighter but more importantly it is easier to see the fluid level and top up.

[yorkie_chris]

I've always thought that the curvy rear brake res is in a really daft place too, right pain to get the top on and off.

i have a sealey hand pump bleeder and it works great on my sv and all my other bikes ive used it on!

[flymo]

Originally Posted by sv650k4

i have a sealey hand pump bleeder and it works great on my sv and all my other bikes ive used it on!

Is that this one? http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Brake-B...e-Sealey-VS020 I was thinking of getting one of these, not bad at just under ?30. Obviously need a compressor though.

Originally Posted by flymo

Is that this one? http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Brake-B...e-Sealey-VS020 I was thinking of getting one of these, not bad at just under ?30. Obviously need a compressor though.

no thats not like my one mine is a bit different and in its own we blue box think it was around the £50 mark.

the one i have dose for a load of differen things aswell and not just bleeding your bike brakes.