Bro this is a great video! I bought this pneumatic bleeder last year. I changed both front calipers on my 2013 Honda Fit and man they were so tough to bleed the 2 person old fashioned way. This vacuum bleeder worked awesome.
Informative video 👍🏼I had big bubbles but it was not a solid stream in the hose more like dribbling of oil, would this be from air escaping on the bleed fitting or air compressor not strong enough ? Thank you for any insight.
It might be air coming in around the bleed fitting if you have unscrewed too far. I would tighten down on it some and try again. It really should take that long to stop showing air bubbles unless you drain out a lot of brake fluid from the system. However these little brake bleeders do require quite a bit of air. I would suggest 20 gallon+ air compressor.
Good example, except for one error; don't allow the fill bottom to empty. If all of the brake fluid empties out of the reservoir, air can get into the system and cause serious issues. Otherwise great video.
@@BayouSax I see what your getting at but the reservoir never went empty. If it did I definitely would have introduced air into the system. The fill bottle was simply topping off the reservoir as it gets low, but it never went empty. Thanks for the tip anyway.
I have the same tool. First time I used it, it seems the fluid out of bleed valve is not like a steady flow filling the hose like others do. I see yours are exactly as I witinessed. It's like its streaming inside the tubing. I guess it's ok since there is old fluid eventually going to the waste bottle.
how good is the hand pump one? they had a youtube review on it and it failed to pull on 1 of the valves, u think he messed up his setup and blamed the tool instead? some ppl dont ever read the f'n manual. would u recommend paying for this one over the hand pump if u have the right air compressor? especially for like transmission fluid and other stuff. i want a multi purpose tool to invest in. thanks
If you have enough air this one works great I would say 25 gallons and up on the air compressor. If you don't have an air compressor that size you might as well try the hand Pump. I don't have first-hand experience with them but it seems to be the other popular option if you're trying to bleed brakes on your own.
I had no luck with the hand pump model. It would never create a good seal around the bleeder nipple, and would bleed down as fast as I could pump it. Finally bled them the old fashion way.
Hopefully you see this comment 4 months later. What is the minimum requirement for the air compressor? I have the harbor freight 3 gallon air compressor. Will that be sufficient for this bleeder tool?
The manual is not clear on how many cfm's it needs it just says operating pressure is 90-120 psi. I can say from experience it needs a lot of cfm I'm just now sure how many. My small tank I showed in the video would only work for about 3-4 seconds before it would no longer pull brake fluid. I would assume anything less than a 20 gallon tank would not be enough air flow. manual for this Pittsburg brake bleeder: manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/92000-92999/92924-193175329448.pdf For anyone with a smaller tank I would recommend the hand vacuum pump style. here's an amazon link to one: amzn.to/4ba60ir harbor freight has something very similar.
Bro this is a great video! I bought this pneumatic bleeder last year. I changed both front calipers on my 2013 Honda Fit and man they were so tough to bleed the 2 person old fashioned way. This vacuum bleeder worked awesome.
The only reason I wanted to see this video was to confirm the other dudes autofill.. it's didn't make sense to me.. thanks for the vid.
Great video and without all the corrosive mess from brake fluid all over the place!
I saw the other video with adapter upside down. It will overflow.
Thanks. That auto-fill works exactly like a Sparletts water bottle dispenser.
Thank you for the video I have the 2 gallon fortress compressor I guess Ill use the hand pump :)
Informative video 👍🏼I had big bubbles but it was not a solid stream in the hose more like dribbling of oil, would this be from air escaping on the bleed fitting or air compressor not strong enough ? Thank you for any insight.
It might be air coming in around the bleed fitting if you have unscrewed too far. I would tighten down on it some and try again. It really should take that long to stop showing air bubbles unless you drain out a lot of brake fluid from the system. However these little brake bleeders do require quite a bit of air. I would suggest 20 gallon+ air compressor.
@@jpulley thank you very much for your reply, will look into it ! 👍🏼🙏🏼
Good example, except for one error; don't allow the fill bottom to empty. If all of the brake fluid empties out of the reservoir, air can get into the system and cause serious issues. Otherwise great video.
@@BayouSax I see what your getting at but the reservoir never went empty. If it did I definitely would have introduced air into the system. The fill bottle was simply topping off the reservoir as it gets low, but it never went empty. Thanks for the tip anyway.
I have the same tool. First time I used it, it seems the fluid out of bleed valve is not like a steady flow filling the hose like others do. I see yours are exactly as I witinessed. It's like its streaming inside the tubing. I guess it's ok since there is old fluid eventually going to the waste bottle.
Thank you... this one is perfetto 😂
Also mine compressor is 200psi, 4 gallons, 4 scfm. I don't see it's a limiting factor, since it behaves the same as your 20 gallons one.
how good is the hand pump one? they had a youtube review on it and it failed to pull on 1 of the valves, u think he messed up his setup and blamed the tool instead? some ppl dont ever read the f'n manual. would u recommend paying for this one over the hand pump if u have the right air compressor? especially for like transmission fluid and other stuff. i want a multi purpose tool to invest in. thanks
If you have enough air this one works great I would say 25 gallons and up on the air compressor. If you don't have an air compressor that size you might as well try the hand Pump. I don't have first-hand experience with them but it seems to be the other popular option if you're trying to bleed brakes on your own.
2 CFM is all they need.
I had no luck with the hand pump model. It would never create a good seal around the bleeder nipple, and would bleed down as fast as I could pump it. Finally bled them the old fashion way.
And no problems with the abs module? I just changed all my brake lines.
No problems at with ABS module. I've used this on two different vehicles with no problems.
Hopefully you see this comment 4 months later. What is the minimum requirement for the air compressor? I have the harbor freight 3 gallon air compressor. Will that be sufficient for this bleeder tool?
The manual is not clear on how many cfm's it needs it just says operating pressure is 90-120 psi. I can say from experience it needs a lot of cfm I'm just now sure how many. My small tank I showed in the video would only work for about 3-4 seconds before it would no longer pull brake fluid. I would assume anything less than a 20 gallon tank would not be enough air flow.
manual for this Pittsburg brake bleeder: manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/92000-92999/92924-193175329448.pdf
For anyone with a smaller tank I would recommend the hand vacuum pump style. here's an amazon link to one: amzn.to/4ba60ir harbor freight has something very similar.
Will this work on the clutch master cylinder system?
I'm not really sure, maybe someone with more expertise might drop by on this comment.
@@jpulley Yes, I hope so. I've been having a devil of a time getting my clutch back to normal.
Can anyone recommend where to get new rotors and brake pads?
@@dalhiafrederick8822 I usually go to auto zone or O'Reilly's Auto Parts
Do you need to do all 4 wheels or just 1?
If you want to bleed the whole system then all 4 but if you just replace 1 front caliper then that's all you need to bleed.
Good video, but too much talking
Great video bro!