Hydraflush and bleedin' brakes
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Hydraflush and bleedin' brakes
How do you blokes stop getting green stuff everywhere when bleeding the brakes? I filled up with hydraflush today which all went well apart from the brake bleeding bit. I just can't seem to get a good seal on the nipple so the fluid just squirts everwhere. Is there a special pipe needed or am I just incompetent (most likely)?
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I know your problem Stempy and the location of the front nipples doesn't help
I use a length of soft aquarium air pipe that's a fair tight fit over the nipple and lead this into a jamjar the pipe is about 9 inches long and just reaches the jar sitting on the ground.
I undo the nipple slightly (loose but still sealing) and put the bleed pipe on with the ring spanner in place. It only needs a gentle touch then to open it and this helps not to dislodge the pipe.
I find that LHM hardens the ends of plastic aquarium pipe over time and it needs replacing fairly frequently or the ends chopping off to find a soft bit.
Even then, taking all these precautions, I'm ont immune from the odd shower of LHM from a fallen off bleed pipe
I use a length of soft aquarium air pipe that's a fair tight fit over the nipple and lead this into a jamjar the pipe is about 9 inches long and just reaches the jar sitting on the ground.
I undo the nipple slightly (loose but still sealing) and put the bleed pipe on with the ring spanner in place. It only needs a gentle touch then to open it and this helps not to dislodge the pipe.
I find that LHM hardens the ends of plastic aquarium pipe over time and it needs replacing fairly frequently or the ends chopping off to find a soft bit.
Even then, taking all these precautions, I'm ont immune from the odd shower of LHM from a fallen off bleed pipe
Jim
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Cheers Jim, better get me some of that there pipe then. Not looking forward to the LHM refill, don't know who invented the bleed nipple but it wasn't that well thought out.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right
Lexia ponce
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Lexia ponce
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