Vacum brake bleed kit

arthuy

arthuy

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Hi,

I am looking for some feedback on the "tune up and brake bleed kit".

Has anyone got or used one? are they any good for the brakes?

I have the type that works from air out of a spare tyre but I am interested in this vacum type. I hate brake fluid running down my arm and am keen to get this if it works.

frost brake bleeder

Thanks
Colin
 
Never used one of those, but I did make my own vac-bleeder using a vacuum cleaner and a jam jar. Drill 2 holes in the top of the jam jar for two pipes, one goes to the vacuum cleaner and stop just inside the jam jar, the other goes to the brake nipple etc and can go to the bottom of the jar. switch the vac on and open the brake nipple, fluid gets sucked through into the jam jar but won't get sucked into the vacuum cleaner unless you let the jar fill right up. Helps if you've got an old vac that you don't need, mind you, you can get new ones for about £25.
 
A very late reply but never mind...
The Frost kit is actually a 'Mityvac'. Several years ago I borrowed one off a guy at work to bleed the rear brakes and it was so good, I bought one a month later. Even easier than a Gunson Easy-Bleed, and can be used to check many other things on the car (eg servos and vacuum advances) as well as syphoning petrol without getting a mouthfull of it.
Would recommend it.
Mike
 
Funny enough I was looking at this product again only last week.

I couldn't quite workout how it works, I assume it just puts some pressure in the reservoir and you undo the nipples and bleed as normal.

Reading the description you would think it removes old fluid and fills up with fresh in one easy operation.

Can you give a brief description of how to bleed brakes with the mityvac just to clarify.

I have got an EZEbleed which I have had mixed results with. I always prefer a good old pedal pumping.

Colin
 
A vac bleeder works slightly differently, you attach it to the bleed nipple, and it sucks the fluid through the pipes, you would need to top up the reservoir, whereas an easybleed if setup correctly does that bit for you. Although as you say it can be tricky to get the easybleed working properly, the main problem being getting a perfect seal with the reservoir.
 
It must be a remarkable device indeed. My recollections of bleeding brakes in the past involved three people. 'Er indoors pressing and releasing the pedal on command, one of my daughters maintaining a constant supply of brake fluid into the master cylinder and myself underneath operating the bleeder valve and issuing instructions. Anything must be an improvement on that.
 
i use a vacum bleeder to empty the brake systems on scrap cars as well....i also use the same pump with a diffrent pipe to empty the engine oil from the sump without taking the plug out of the bottom...
 
I bought this product about 3 years ago - load of old rubbish!

In principle it should be quite good, but in practice, it sucks in air around the bleed nipple - so bubbles continue to show in the pipe long after they have actually been drawn out.

Also, difficult to manipulate, particularly at the rears.

In addition, I found that pump will eventually force fluid through past the seals and will discharge through the air vent (I only use it now as a syphon to remove fluid from the reservoir), so not a particularly durable product (made in China so not surprising)

I would not recommend this product for our cars.

I went back to using the Ezibleed, which I have had for many years - much more reliable and easy to use.

Hope that helps.

Gary
 
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