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Like most of you lads i have spent hours, days even trying to bleed good ole Zed brakes,but after buying a £15 vacumn pump at the Staffs show after paulstrees said how good they were,and fabricating a missing seal on the reservoir from a bit of inner tube got rear brake bled and firm in 5 minutes,great bit of kit for the money,Cheers Paul J

................... Takes ALL the fun out of it

I bought a vacuum pump many years ago.

But it wasn't for bleeding brakes???

I got vacuum system that runs off my compressor works a treat

Paul
Any link to the product you purchased
Regards
Steve

I have this one
there were loads of these at stafford

Yep thats the one Taffus !!!! Steve follow the mans thread///Paul J

Guys good topic.... I'm looking for the brake bleeder that uses a compressor. The compressor pumps air tp flow past an orifice to produce a vacuum. A mate had one and he said they were very expensive. That's > than $100 for me.

From memory you crack the front brake nipple. The fluid is sucked out into a container, as you squeeze the brake lever. The compressed air is exhausted to the surrounding air. I think the air is cut off via a pistol grip type attachment. Any one seen one like that?

RegardZ

Garn 1 wrote:Guys good topic.... I'm looking for the brake bleeder that uses compressed flowing past an orifice to produce a vacuum. A mate had one and he said they were very expensive. That's > than $100 for me.

From memory you crack the front brake nipple. The fluid is sucked out into a container, as you squeeze the brake lever. The compressed air is exhausted to the surrounding air.

RegardZ

Hi GarnZ1A, bought one these many years ago, 80 bucks from memory from this same guy, works a treat especially on twin discs (or is it disks) and rear disc bikes, German made and faultless, as others state cheaper around but with brake fluid didn,t want to take any chances. I run it orf a 2.0hp cheap Kmart compressor. I'm surprised these still avai, as most these DIY tools become obsolete over nite.

On another topic few us ridin our old Zeds to the big smoke to catch up with Pineapple Ian for a hills ride on your old Kelly Green Z1, I'II post some pics.

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Guyz,

A wee trick from my wagon mechanic days.

A car tyre (on a rim of course) inflated to about 28psi.
Hose from tyre to clutch master cylinder on wagon.
We had caps modified for Scania and DAF that would replace the cap on the wagons MC for the purpose of bleeding.

Connect it all up and with someone down the pit at the clutch booster loosening off the bleed nipple to allow the FORCED fluid out.

If need be, stop refill resevoir and start again. ALWAYS WORKED A TREAT.

jimmock wrote:Guyz,

A wee trick from my wagon mechanic days.

A car tyre (on a rim of course) inflated to about 28psi.
Hose from tyre to clutch master cylinder on wagon.
We had caps modified for Scania and DAF that would replace the cap on the wagons MC for the purpose of bleeding.

Connect it all up and with someone down the pit at the clutch booster loosening off the bleed nipple to allow the FORCED fluid out.

If need be, stop refill resevoir and start again. ALWAYS WORKED A TREAT.

Been commercialised

Taffus wrote:

jimmock wrote:Guyz,

A wee trick from my wagon mechanic days.

A car tyre (on a rim of course) inflated to about 28psi.
Hose from tyre to clutch master cylinder on wagon.
We had caps modified for Scania and DAF that would replace the cap on the wagons MC for the purpose of bleeding.

Connect it all up and with someone down the pit at the clutch booster loosening off the bleed nipple to allow the FORCED fluid out.

If need be, stop refill resevoir and start again. ALWAYS WORKED A TREAT.

Been commercialised

BASTARDS.

I "invented" and used that way back in the 80's !!!!!

RGH wrote "Hi GarnZ1A, bought one these many years ago, 80 bucks from memory from this same guy, works a treat especially on twin discs (or is it disks) and rear disc bikes, German made and faultless, as others state cheaper around but with brake fluid didn,t want to take any chances. I run it orf a 2.0hp cheap Kmart compressor. I'm surprised these still avai, as most these DIY tools become obsolete over nite".

Thanks RGH, ordered one (free delivery) today!
RegardZ.

Yep got an easybleed but i reckon this new vacumn pump is the better option as you draw the air and fluid through the system,i adapted the easybleed for bike use by using an old z reservoir cap all got their merits i reckon!

Taffus wrote:I got vacuum system that runs off my compressor works a treat

Careful you could be Dyson with death