Technical Tips > Brakes, Suspensions, Steering, Wheels & Tyres
Bled new Wilwood brakes but still spongy pedal
wabco40:
--- Quote from: jimandemma on March 05, 2018, 03:52:24 PM ---Yes, thinking the same mate. Pressure bleeders are damn expensive though for 1 job. Got a mechanic coming out this afternoon, so will see how we go.
--- End quote ---
I can't remember how much it cost but I don't think it was that much. It gets used often enough (not just on the Vette) to justify it.
You could make one easy enough. When I use the pressure bleeder I don't put any brake fluid in the pressure tank. I just keep the master cylinder topped up. I clamp the top plate onto the master cylinder and then pump 10 psi into the tank.
10 psi head pressure on the MC is more then enough to force any air out of the system. It's then just a matter of opening the nipples in order to bleed. Because I don't put fluid in the bleeder tank, after each caliper I release the air pressure and remove the top plate off the MC to top it up with fluid again.
A cheap garden sprayer from Bunnings, a flat steel plate (with a rubber gasket) clamped to the top of the master cylinder and a nipple on the plate to join the hose from the sprayer will do the same thing.
bfit:
I’ve seem a how to on a us forum to make one of these out of a weed sprayer .
Google it
jimandemma:
no luck with mechanic, pressure bleeder next
wabco40:
It's not fancy but it's cheap.
Doesn't need a gauge as 10 psi is only about ten pumps. The master cylinder top plate can just be a flat steel plate held on with a large G clamp.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/2905428-homemade-motive-type-power-bleeder-for-14-a.html
gtc:
^ The last time my Vette brakes were bled, that sort of bleed device was used.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version