Thread: Has anyone tried this One Man Brake Bleeder?

i want it! i miss the power bleeders we had when i turned wrenches for a living.

I looked at getting one of those because they work so well but I ended up using a cheap 1 man bleeder due to cost. Fastbrakes sells the correct unit for nissans.

I had one but gave it away. I found it to be a PITA in that it was difficult to get a good seal on the MC (I guess mine had a universal MC cap that needed to be tightened down with chains and bolts). I also felt that it used more brake fluid than the old "pump the pedal" method, which I concluded that I preferred to the power bleeder. Just my 2 cents worth....

I have one, works great. Was told by the Power Bleeder guys themselves that an adapter for a Ford would work best on a Nissan MC. They were right. Go figure.

Realy nice for those who dont have a buddy to help bleed . Ive used one identical to it . This is great for bleeding empty steel and rubber lines after replacing them as pumping it will cause the fluid to foam and create more problems . I might pick one up as i do alot of calipers and lines at my shop ect ect. My only question is does it have all the atatchments for most domestic and foreign cars . ? I used a realy nice electric mechine you run lines to all 4 bleeders and open them at the same time but that was big $$ . Good stuf vadim

I usually "gravity" bleed my brakes. I haven't tried one man bleeders yet.
But according this this: Bleeding the Brakes
"Comments by Mike Kojima:
Basicaly if you read Carrol Smiths "engineer to win" book on race car prep, it warns specficaly not to uses the power or hand pump vacume bleeders. The vacume can lead to cavitation in the brake lines and microbubbles.
The Tilton cataloge and tech manual warn against these too. I have always hand bled my brakes and always get a rock hard pedal. Read Adam Kim's post on adjusting m/c freeplay and do that."
I'm not worshiping everything mike says, this is a little info I found.

Indeed, they come in quite handy.

does any one vacume bleed?

I have found that unless you are replacing the master cylinder, gravity bleeding is all that is needed for most vehicles.