Hi, does anyone know of some cheap one man brake bleeder kits out there? Also would I still need someone to push on the brake pedal when doing the bleeding? Hoping to find a bleeder kit where I don't have to have someone pushing on the brake pedal when I do the bleeding.

 

Just about any parts store has them - although not all are cheap. And - the cheap ones last maybe once, and are dead - they use elcheapo plastic parts.

 

there are one way bleader valves that i've used in the past that are pretty nice. i think earl's and russel make them. can definitely get through Summit, and probably parts store

 

Motive makes a pressurized one that fits over the reservoir (replacing the cap) and MityVac has the vacuum one that's done from the bleeder side. You can pick up the MityVac ones relatively cheap on eBay. Though they have several. The plastic ones are decent but not as durable (nor rebuildable) as their metal ones (Silverline line).

 

Thanks guys, will check them out.

 

what are these kits?? why cant i just have someone sit in the car, pump 3 times hold loosten the bleeder screw, close it. pump hold loosen and so on and so forth? what am i doing wrong lol??

 

You can. Nobody said you can't. This thread just brings up the idea that you don't have a second person you can still bleed your brakes.

I use a mityvac and combining sucking from up top and bleeding from down below it's a cinch.

 

ian, please explain this more. i have found that brake bleeding is never a "cinch". but i would like it to be. thanks

 

Did you have a mityvac?

I've bled my clutch more than my brakes though. Just because the whole clutch system is hydraulic.