Gray Ghost Posted March 14, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2012 Watched a brake job today. The instructor used an old Gatorade bottle and 3/16th hose as the vacuum for the job. Really worked well. The way it was set up is to take a length of hose that fits over your bleeder valve and drill a hole in the bottle cap that the hose will just slip into. Run the hose through the cap into the bottle. Then hook the free end to your bleeder valve. When you are ready to start bleeding/draining the fluid, open the cap on the bottle slightly, and squeeze the bottle. While holding the bottle in the "crushed" condition, tighten the bottle cap which will create a vacuum in the line. Open the bleeder valve and the fluid will flow. If the vacuum is exhausted before the bleed is finished, just close the valve, open the bottle cap and crush again. I was impressed with how well it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydraulicman Posted March 14, 2012 Share #2 Posted March 14, 2012 This sounds like a good idea, but I bought speed bleeders as well as the collector bag and nothing could be cleaner or simpler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Ghost Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted March 15, 2012 Speed bleeders are nice for bleeding the brakes, I had one on my last bike. But for a complete drain of the system the bottle trick does a great job quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted March 16, 2012 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2012 Sounds like a good idea. Just make sure you don't suck the reserve dry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Rider Posted March 16, 2012 Share #5 Posted March 16, 2012 been there done that got the air bubbles to prove it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh3 Posted March 16, 2012 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2012 Nice addition to the "frugal" mechanics tool kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friesman Posted March 16, 2012 Share #7 Posted March 16, 2012 Just make sure the bottle you choose wont get eaten by the brake fluid. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE50 Posted March 16, 2012 Share #8 Posted March 16, 2012 This sounds like a good idea, but I bought speed bleeders as well as the collector bag and nothing could be cleaner or simpler. ++1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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