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what about speed bleeders?


turbogrill

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1 hour ago, turbogrill said:

Hi,

 

Have anyone used speed bleeders such as these:

https://www.flyinmiata.com/speed-bleeders.html

 

Sounds great! And would make bleeding easy.

Curious if you have had any issues with them. More stuff that can break....

I use a pressure bleeder when I don't have a helper around. Just screw onto the fluid reservoir and pump up to 20 psi, bleed brakes, easy peasy.

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Summit sells them in pairs in every size you can think of. I do all the work on my cars alone for the most part so I have them on every car I have. They make it so easy if you don't want to go the pressure bleeder route. Only issue I've had is snapping one off because I was being a dipstick.

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We have both a pressure bleeder and speed bleeders, we use both. Pressure is my favorite for just bleeding but in the pits a speed bleeder is fantastic. the way i looked at it IF they break they brake while bleeding not while racing so in other words they wont make a safety hazard. 

 

We have one on our clutch as well, that is where it is the best. Our clutch is a PITA to bleed but with speed bleeders its a quick few pumps and were not playing contortionist to reach the bleeder each time we pump the clutch.

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1 minute ago, Gkuhn41 said:

We have both a pressure bleeder and speed bleeders, we use both. Pressure is my favorite for just bleeding but in the pits a speed bleeder is fantastic. the way i looked at it IF they break they brake while bleeding not while racing so in other words they wont make a safety hazard. 

 

We have one on our clutch as well, that is where it is the best. Our clutch is a PITA to bleed but with speed bleeders its a quick few pumps and were not playing contortionist to reach the bleeder each time we pump the clutch.

 

Ultimate combo! We managed to do a full brake bleed from wheels up to wheels down in less than 3 minutes at Pitt using speed bleeders. 

 

We have a remote bleeder on the clutch on top of the firewall, but now Im definitely putting a speed bleeder in it! Don't know why that never crossed my mind. 

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