21 replies to this topic

[087dave]

Hi all, i have been reading about how hard it can be to bleed a single cylinder type braking system

so would it be alot easier and save time by using a eezibleed system
Have any of you used it, what did u think

cherrs

[Tamworthbay]

Yup, use it every time and its great. Much easier than doing it the old fashioned way.

[mike.]

I tried for ages to bleed my brakes, went through 2 litres of fluid and couldn't get a pedal.

Bought an eezibleed and it was done in the next 30 mins.

[Tomm]

A pal of mine used an Ezi-bleed and managed to cause a fault with a seal in the cylinder. It was then impossible to get pressure back into the pedal. I replaced the master cylinder and bled it the "old"way and it was ok.

What could he have done wrong to cause this problem? I need to do mine but I have been putting it off for ages but if i could do it with an Ezi-Bleed system I would be well chuffed.

Thanks

[mike.]

To much pressure in the tyre maybe? It only needs like 10psi in it

[freshairmini]

the ezi beeld kit needs 20PSI. Can cause problems if higher pressure is used I believe.

[jagman.2003]

I have had one for a long time. They can be great for when you need to bleed a lot of the system on your own. They can push air out of pipes that manual bleeding won't. As mentioned they only need around 20psi. Any more can damage components. But if you are just bleeding one wheel they can be a bit messy & risk spilling fluid when connecting or disconnecting. If it's a quick bleed I stick to manual.

[lawrie124]

You can damage your master cylinder seals if you press the brake pedal whilst also using the eazibleed.

But they are BRILLIANT, especially if you are working on your own.

[mike.]

You can damage your master cylinder seals if you press the brake pedal whilst also using the eazibleed.

But they are BRILLIANT, especially if you are working on your own.

hmmm i've done this before when I was having problems removing the last bits of air whilst using the eezibleed and had no problems. Unless I just got lucky....

[H.M.M.]

Used it on my clutch, got a pedal within minutes. Worked well. A good thing to have in the boot too, you never know when you need it

Edited by H.M.M., 24 September 2012 - 12:59 PM.

[ibrooks]

I've got one and have used it on lots of different cars with no probs. I would suggest you need to pay attention to the proper pressure required as I've heard of them inverting seals if you feed them too much pressure. I'd suggest it's also a case of too much pressure if it's spilling fluid as there is no reason for them to cause a spill any more then trying to pour fluid from a bottle into the master cylinder.

I use an old pop bottle with a tyre valve in the cap as the pressure source rather than a spare wheel. Saves dropping the pressure on the spare and then having to blow it up again and it's a hell of a lot less weight to be balancing on the top of the engine with the potential for it to fall off and drag a bottle of brake fluid with it. 20psi is less than the pressure it's under if you shake the bottle whilst it's still got the fizzy drink in it.

Iain

[lewBlew]

I got me one of these from Halfrauds:

http://www.halfords....tegoryId_255216

Did the job on my own, brakes and clutch, and no faffing around with spare tyres..

[Tomm]

Thanks guys, May as well give this one a try, i can't make it any worse I am sure!

What is the bleeding order on the mini, or is that not so important?

[ibrooks]

to be honest I use one of those on the end of the caliper as well but more because it's an easy way to catch the fluid that comes out and with the tube being clear you can see when the bubbles stop. It's still far easier and faster to use the Easibleed than messing around pumping the pedal though.

Iain

[ibrooks]

I tend to do the caliper/piston closest to the master first to avoid any possibility of pushing air from a nearer piston to one I've already bled. It shouldn't be possible but with pipes going up and down you can find that bubbles move in a bit of an odd way.

As a result I tend to do the drivers caliper followed by the passenger one and then the rears are six and two threes as the difference in pipe lengths is minimal. Sticking with my "shortest run first" method strictly speaking it would be the drivers rear first and then the passenger rear.

Iain