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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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You can bleed brakes by yourself. I made my own bleeder bottle with a soda bottle w/cap and a piece of tygon tubing. Any flexible tubing that fits snugly over the bleeder screw will work for a one time application.

First put a hole in the cap of the soda bottle. Put the hose through the hole in the soda bottle. Make the hole a tad smaller than the tube so the tube is held securely for convienience. Push the hose through the hole until the end reaches the bottom of the soda bottle.

Start with a small amount of brake fluid in the bottle. You want to begin with the end of the hose in the bottle under fluid.

Put your box end wrench on the bleeder screw, put the end of the hose of your bleeder bottle onto the bleeder screw and open the screw about half a turn.

Begin pumping your brake pedal. Not too fast. And, don't push the pedal all the way to the floor. Stop about halfway down and release the pedal. Pushing the pedal all the way to the floor can damage the master cylinder and require it's replacement.
Monitor the fluid level in the master cylinder. Don't let it go dry or else you'll have to bleed IT which is a seperate and pain in the ass process.

Once you see clean fluid in the bleeder bottle coming from the lines, shut the bleeder screw, remove the hose and repeat the process for the other wheels. When you are done, clean off the bleeder screws with some brake cleaner and put pressure on the pedal for a minute. Then check the bleeder screws for any leakage.
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