Bleeding brakes
12-12-2015, 09:16 PM
#1
CF Veteran
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 5,920
Likes: 0
Received 190 Likes
on
165 Posts
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Bleeding brakes
Not sure but I guess this is probably the place for this thread. I'm just curious how ya'll bleed your brakes. I've always just had someone push the brake pedal and I crack the bleeder, you know the drill. I was curious if ya'll have done it another way and find it better, worse or about the same. Maybe this is a dumb thing but I thought I'd ask. Let's see what ya'll say. Thanks!
12-12-2015, 09:25 PM
#2
CF Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oroville, CA
Posts: 12,367
Likes: 0
Received 19 Likes
on
18 Posts
Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 with all of the noise and clatter
At work I use a pressure bleeder. At home I connect a hose to the bleeder screw and put the other end into a bottle that is half full with brake fluid. Crack the bleeder screw and pump the pedal about five times and close the bleeder, then move onto the next wheel. Very simple and I can do it alone.
12-12-2015, 09:35 PM
#5
CF Veteran
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 5,920
Likes: 0
Received 190 Likes
on
165 Posts
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
At work I use a pressure bleeder. At home I connect a hose to the bleeder screw and put the other end into a bottle that is half full with brake fluid. Crack the bleeder screw and pump the pedal about five times and close the bleeder, then move onto the next wheel. Very simple and I can do it alone.
12-12-2015, 09:41 PM
#6
CF Veteran
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 5,920
Likes: 0
Received 190 Likes
on
165 Posts
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
I have tried reverse brake bleeder and it works when your alone. Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB8kzUEqK3U Or the hillbilly on man way Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTmlOZbXgs
Trending Topics
12-13-2015, 04:07 AM
#11
Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: long island nass
Posts: 130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
12-13-2015, 08:47 AM
#12
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,876
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
MightyVac for me.
12-13-2015, 08:57 AM
#13
::CF Administrator::
12-13-2015, 08:59 AM
#14
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,876
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Yup. Got one years ago when I owned the towing business.
Seems that every time I needed to bleed brakes on one of the TopKicks, I was the only one in the shop.
I did make an addition to it. It's a metal cradle to hole the "jar" stable and upright on the floor during the bleeding process.
Seems that every time I needed to bleed brakes on one of the TopKicks, I was the only one in the shop.
I did make an addition to it. It's a metal cradle to hole the "jar" stable and upright on the floor during the bleeding process.
