Best way/ kit to bleed brakes....

I made my own pressure bleeding kit for the princely sum of about £7 out of a garden sprayer and various pipes and fittings.



If you can get hold of a brake fluid reservoir lid for your car then it makes it even easier - I had to make one out of an Oxo tub lid and an oversized bath plug! ;D



It saved endless amounts of pumping the brake pedal to bleed the brakes of the Bond - a few pumps of the lever to pressurise the sprayer, open the desired nipple and pull the trigger of the sprayer...

I use and eezibleed kit, had it years and it always does the job, never been caught short without a spare rim, as above you do not need a lot of pressure to do the job. The refilling as you bleed is a handy function too, just have a syringe handy to take the level back down once your done.

mdh, i disagree. You should start from furthest away from the m/c and work forward. Otherwise you risk pushing air bubbles towards area you have already bled.

Remember your bleed nipple always needs to be uppermost. So if you have an odd or custom setup that uses a bottom bleed nipple you will need to remove the caliper and spin it 180 before you bleed. (air bubbles rise, so the nipple always needs to be top)

I'm oldschool with bleeding. Grab a friend and get them on the pedal. Open - Down - Close - Up technique.

does it have integrated or separate pressure limiter/load compesators?

have experienced difficultuies in bleedign brakes when these are seized if they're separate items.

Easybleed here as well, i've blown more old master cylinders using the pump the pedal than I care to remember, when you use the PTP method the seals in the master go way past thier usual travel and any wear ridges will nip off the tips of the seals, had it happen loads and loads of times but then in a garage I probably bleed more brakes than most ? Mk6 transits are terrable for it on the clutch master so I allways EB those as well, don't get any leaks but then I fit the caps properlt and only use 10 PSi in the tyre, I did once use a 40PSi transit wheel and the leak from the cap seal made it accross the road ! a good 20Ft jet lol
As to where to start IME it make abosolutly no differance I just do what ever order I fancy at the time usually dependant and what wheel is off when I start, not that i'm an expert but I do bleed at least 3 cars a week usually more, abosolutly couldn't be without my easybleed kits (i have 3 so allways got a differant cap fitting to hand without swapping about).

If you have a rear load limiting valve allways wedge it open helps no end, either pop the spring off or wedge the arm open with a screwdriver

I just use a long length of clear pipe! Stick it on the nipple & suck! You get plenty of warning (can see it coming, complete with bubbles)& make sure the end of the tube is higher than the m/cylinder. The level will equalise with the m/cylinder level -and shut the nipple at your leisure. Pinch the end of the pipe 7 tip back into the bottle -if its not old/manky.

If its being ''difficult'' tape the tube up high - to the wall, a tree, whatever, & pump the pedal slowly. It'll sort itself out pretty quick if there are no other probs in the system.

Sound like eazybleed is the way forward! So any of you remove your wheels to do this as my mk1 golf was a pig to get to the nipples?

i've used an eezibleed kit twice and would NEVER use one again. both times, the cap has come off spilling brake fluid everywhere (even at 10psi). Pipe/jar/helper - sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

i used a one man bleed kit from halfords, was like £4 or something or other. was the simpliest thing ive done, mind u this is on 2 pot mini brakes >_< bearing in mind i havent bled brakes before, whats with all the pressures and spare wheels and stuff like this?