No Friends? How to bleed your brakes anyway

[bennyfactor]

need a hoonigan ron car car tips channel full of shorts like this

[mrmagdump]

If u broke n on a budget
Water bottle.
Hole in top
Put line from valve into bottle
Open valve.
Pump brakes,
With line submerged in brake fluid when u let off pedal it will only suck fluid back into system and not air, so long as ur quick it generally works on 1st or 2nd try

[riceburner]

My friends have passed away. Thank u! Not good at asking for help. Great video. 👍

[stevedacosta]

You should be bleeding the rears first farthest away from the master cylinder

[jaybolingbroke]

Super cool feature of the power bleeder: the hoses rot and harden when exposed too brake fluid. Eventually you'll pressurize and brake fluid will spray all over your engine bay, paint, and windshield. Better to have friends than brake fluid all over your bay.

[briankissel]

Don’t over pump it up especially on older cars, I’d recommend 10psi max. Reason being is an old plastic reservoir can burst and/ or, the rubber grommets between it and the MC can fail. First aid when you make a mess is flood with water asap.

[Raynedog]

Usually you wanna start at the rear axle for a bleed for most cars. If you wanna be cheap and have no friends just let gravity do the work. Crack all 4 bleeders (or 6) and let the air get pushed out by the brake fluid behind it. Takes a long time, and can be messy but it works in a pinch if you have nothing else except a wrench, fluid and time. Once you get fluid only just close it up. Once all of them are closed, pump your brakes and check each bleeder for air again.

[pokefan]

I like it and have one. It works great. Although, I have experience using cans to store the old fluid. They can cut the tube pretty easily. I would suggest a cheapo $10 bleeder bottle with a strong magnet. I never have to hold it and it comes with a long tube.

[aol]

I tossed my power bleeder and use a telescopic paint roller handle on the brake pedal wedged into the seat. Been doing it that way 25 years hasn't let me down once

[TheAcethunder]

You do the outside first. The inner part of the circuit will catch any bubbles as fluid passes to the outside.

[WillSwingem]

The ones that suck the fluid from the calipers are a lot better then you can change out all your old brake fluid while your at it

[lynnmckenney]

No friends to help bleed brakes? *empty water bottle has entered the chat*

[dantwaites]

Used one similar in the military but that one was all metal and had hose fitting along with different caps

[martynj-c]

Always bleed the brakes starting with the caliper furthest from the ABS Pump ( if you have ABS ) working back AND with the engine running it helps to avoid air locks in the ABS Pump ...

[jasonveto]

The one i have is a leftover from my old mans now closed shop. I started working there freshman year. Instead of pressurizing the top you would have it attached to an air hose and it would suck feom the pepcock on the caliper. You just had to pray you never sucked the master cylinder dry. Which i did several times because i was a poorly trained 14 year old with a stoner for a stupidvisorm

[chrisminifie]

Good advice. However dont use a food container as someone might accidentally imbibe the fluid

[iAmFAUST]

I'm old school, I put tubing into a bottle with fluid and pump until no bubbles.

[kairomoravec]

Ma man have the same knife as me... respect

[friedelectronics]

I've always heard that those add microscopic air bubbles into the brake fluid that you can't see. Over time, the bubbles will collect into bigger bubbles that you can see but by the time that happens, you aren't thinking about your brakes anymore.

[JusSkott]

Gravity, its a science you should read into, versus listening. 😂😂😂