How to BLEED your BRAKES by YOURSELF || FREE DIY Brake Fluid Flush/Bleed || Homemade Brake Bleeder
G'day Guys and Gals!
Here's a link to a few bits and pieces to make the job easier!
Penrite Super Dot 4 Brake Fluid - amzn.to/3dcdHf3
Flare nut wrench Pipe Spanners - amzn.to/3UaMkma
Brake Bleeding hose and One way valve - amzn.to/3U5w5qm
Measuring jug - amzn.to/3BG76mi
Mechanics Nitrile Gloves - amzn.to/3DtsD30
In todays video I show you exactly how to carry out a complete brake fluid system flush and bleed. I also show you how to make an easy DIY homemade vacuum suction bleeder. This can be made from some things that you have around the home.
There are a few steps involved in bleeding your brakes and flushing the braking system -
1. Determine what type of brake fluid the system requires -Dot 3 or Dot 4 etc.
2. Remove the master cylinder reservoir cap
3. Remove the reservoir filter
4. Remove all of the old fluid from the master cylinder reservoir
5. Top up brake fluid reservoir with fresh brake fluid
6. Begin the bleeding process from the Left hand rear wheel (passenger rear)
7. Move on to the Right hand rear wheel (Drivers Rear)
8. Move on to the Left hand Front wheel (Passenger Front)
9. Move on to the Right hand from (Drivers Front)
10. Keep the brake fluid reservoir full at all times
11. Double check all brake bleeding nipples are tight
12. Double check and adjust the brake fluid reservoir level
13. Refit filter and Cap to reservoir
14. Check brake pedal feel ( Should be Firm )
15. If not repeat the process again until pedal feels firm
16. Double check all your work and clean down vehicle with water
This is the basic step by step procedure for brake bleeding and flushing the hydraulic brake system.
In this video I also show you how to make your own homemade DIY vacuum brake bleeding tool. To make the bleeder you will require a spray bottle head and a small piece of clear tubing and also a straight barb joiner. You will also require a piece of rubber hose that fits over the brake caliper nipple. Once you join the hoses to the end of the spray bottle head you will be able to suck the fluid out of the master cylinder reservoir and also bleed all of the air out of the brakes.
This is a great way to bleed the brakes because you can bleed the brakes by yourself. You don't need any help when bleeding the brakes you can carry out a one man brake bleed. By using this DIY Home made vacuum brake bleeder you will find that you can easily suck out the old brake fluid and air bubbles from the hydraulic system.
It is important to change the brake fluid in your vehicle every 2-3 years. The reason is that brake fluid is actually hygroscopic which means that it absorbs moisture. When the moisture is absorbed into the brake fluid the brakes can become spongy or you can have a very long brake pedal. The way that the air bubbles form is from the moisture turning to steam under heavy braking which in turn creates air bubbles in the system. In the hydraulic system the air can now be compressed so you may notice a spongy or soft brake pedal. The brake pedal may also travel further towards the floor before it stops the vehicle. If you are noticing any of these issues it is a great idea to change your brake fluid.
In my DIY brake bleeding and flushing tutorial I show you a thorough guide on how to carry out a brake system flush and bleed properly. My tips for carrying out a brake fluid flush include-
1. wear gloves
2. wear safety glasses
3. wash down any brake fluid ASAP with water
4. Lay cardboard underneath your work area to absorb any spills
5. keep the reservoir always topped up
Bleeding the brakes on your car or 4wd is a necessary part of maintenance. It is also something that is easily overlooked or forgotten.
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Hey Guys! Thanks for Watching :) Here's a link to a few bits and pieces to make the job easier! Penrite Super Dot 4 Brake Fluid - amzn.to/3dcdHf3 Flare nut wrench Pipe Spanners - amzn.to/3UaMkma Brake Bleeding hose and One way valve - amzn.to/3U5w5qm Measuring jug - amzn.to/3BG76mi Mechanics Nitrile Gloves - amzn.to/3DtsD30 Cheers Guys!
Finally, a 4x4 KZhead channel, that is calm, sensible, and that isn’t over hyperactive.
Thanks a lot Mikos 🙂
I kinda miss the the loud heavy rock music (jk)
amen to that!
I never thought of that it makes sense and cheap I'm gonna use this tactic from now on to bleed brakes thanks I learned something new at 40!!
One thing to add! If you unscrew and remove that little pink nozzel tip on your pump sprayer you will see that there is much less resistance and fluid will flow much faster and not spray so much in a fan pattern . Or you could also keep the pink nozzel tip but drill the hole in it somewhat bigger with a small drill bit.
Excellent suggestion
😂@@DaithiDONKEYBIKE
In practice, keep that nozzle around, because it helps to prime and has less backflow with the restriction in the nozzle. Last thing you want is to let air in when you release the pump sprayer handle. It’s a vacuum pump, but a very weak one, so gravity bleed your brake lines until you can’t before you start pumping the sprayer.
Im watching this again,,not just because of the awsome calm clarity,BUT I ABSILUTELY LOVEE THIS LITTLE VACUM GADJET,,😊😊😊😊
15 years of you tube and u r the first guy who i ever see come up with this brilliant spray bottle idea to bleed brakes and make vacuum!!! I killed multiple vaccum pumps at 40 bucks each just to see that all i needed was a spray bottle! Koodos to you buddy, but overall human kind is fucked. If we were really special somebody should have hacked it in 2009...
NOW I KNOW HOW TO BLEED BRAKE FLUED BY YOU'RE SELF ? THANKS FOR THE YOU'RE VIDEO BRO? GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 👪 😊
Wow,absolutely awsome ,very clear,precice,and methodical,,taking it slowly,and steady,so people,can actually see what to doo,,exellent ,thankyou loads,ps the sprayer hack,,absolutely awsome,thankyou most kindly steve from the uk.😊
Absolutely genius. Why have I never known this method. 😮
Wow this is really profitable to my knowledge, im 60 and all along have to get someone to pump the brahes 😂 God bless
Thanks Nick, another great video , easy to follow the technique and some good tips. Cheers
Excellent bleeding brake fluid instruction
What an awesome video! You’ve made this job so simple. Cheers for the assist!
Brilliant work Nick. Excellent idea too
Just about to buy a vacuum pump and came across this vid, so found an old spray bottle and clear tubing, heat shrink some outer layer tubing and ready for priming the calipers tomorrow. Great video and very helpful mate, cheers!
Very informative Nick thank you. Everydays a school day 👍
Watched all your maintenance videos Nic, super easy to follow and has given me more confidence to do these things my self and save money at the same time. Can you do a video on a brake rotor exchange?Thanks mate.
I seen a guy doing this the other day, he had a longer clear tube so he could rise it higher than the master cylinder. If air rises above the cylinder there's zero chance it's in the lower portion. I also pondered, rather than ending up with a quagmire arm, a little pond/water feature pump? Small thing but be much faster and less rsi on the wrist? But the spray pump would still work without any power.
Quagmire arm 😂😂😂😂😂
really appreciate your efforts to make this video
What an excellent idea for us, thank you, god bless you.
Excellent video one of the best I’ve seen you made it easy
Instead of a vacuum bottle I have a 1 PSI non return valve at the discharge point. The rubber dust caps on my old cruiser have perished so I grabbed a spare nipple, made sure the hole was clear using a drill, then wrapped thread tape on the thread. I changed the nipple with the previous one doing the same process. This allowed me to use the foot pedal to self bleed the system. Much quicker than with 2 people. Shame didn't see your post first as I would have done it your way.
First vid where the instand info i needed was all in 1 vid lol cheers man.
So valuable. Thanks Nick.
Tq so much mate, cheapest and brilliant way.
Great job very informative. Keep it up the good work that is. Thank you
Greetings from the US! Spray bottle idea is really clever, thanks for the video. I need to replace the brake fluid in my FJ cruiser and I think I'll follow your method
Awesome, thanks a lot ! 🙂
Good idea for a disposable vacuum bleeder. Note that fluid in the brake lines will be as contaminated with moisture and rust as in the master cylinder (usually worse). Moisture causes rust and rust promotes more rusting. That's one reason that rear brake cylinders and calipers tend to fail more often than fronts. A typical brake system contains twice the fluid shown that catch cup. If you want to do a flush rather than a bleed, empty the catch cup before doing each wheel and continue pumping until the fluid comes through looking like NEW fluid. This will take MUCH longer for the farthest wheel than just bleeding it. Also the brake systems of most cars since 1960 have two diagonal wheels on one primary circuit, the other two on a second one. If you have to do significant service on one wheel, always bleed/flush the diagonally opposite one afterward.
What a discover of smart way to bleed video clip, thanks a lot, I will do it this weekend, 🙂
Thanks buddy for sharing this video
Never seen that before! Great idea!
I love clevers methods.Thanks Nick ❤
Very nice and useful video ❤. Great work no worries 😊 Be happy and loving!
Same but different! (bigger, faster and still "free, free free") Recently I got in the shower to wake myself up prior to doing my brake job... Glad I did because that's where I came up with this: You can add a vacuum pump inline using a purple Aussie shampoo dispenser pump! The pump mates perfectly after pulling off the top head and bottom feed tube 😃. Fits clear vinyl tubing with 1/4" ID and 3/8" OD ...without any extra hardware! (Tubing fits over the top and inside the bottom of the Aussie purple pump) Perfect for Ford F150/F250 btw. Great for pumping out the master too. Note: Use a pair of pliers to hold the top plunger from moving as you shove the tubing on in place of the Aussie pump's head. I also added some 3M 33+ electrical tape to secure the bottom connection but that's probably overkill/unnecessary.😁
you made this super easy ... cheers
doing this tomorow fantastic idea .now im not edgie and will sleep tonight lol....
Do you explained everything very well excellent video they all should be like that
Thanks you very much. Good idea, greetings from Argentina!!
Thanks very easy and simple method, no more 17 time press the brake padel for each tyre, just use this spray bottle method.
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for the lesson...
thank you Nick.
Brilliant idea.
Thanks for sharing!
awesome great instructions. I wish I could see when you added brake fluid it looks like more than one bottle.
Good job.
Thank you for explaining this in detail I’ll have to try this next time a have to bleed some brskes
YOU Are The Best. Love It.
Thanks to your video and very brilliant idea . You awesome dude !
Thank for that video very well lighting and explained everything ❤❤
Thank you so much for sharing 👍, this helps.
Well explained video...
Great idea i am going to try it right now and thank you very much how do i let you know the outcome
Very informative
Great tips. Thanks
Great idea on the bleeder, On older vehicles it depends where your ABS block is . Mine is above the rear axal , so have been told to do the front breaks and work to the back
Why does that matter?
@@zedizdead I've always been taught to start further away from the abs block and bleed those first
Thank you!
Waao, Thanks buddy, im on the job. :))
You are great man your video saved my £100 also can do alone thanks for sharing your video with us
Thank you very much.
Nice & helpful video.
Thankss, now im one of uour subscriber
Thanks , very much help
Good work
Good stuff 🙏👍
Brilliant 👍
Thank you very much!
Thanks for your video I will try that on my car
That's a great idea!
Great video mate , and the useage of the old pump pack sprayer nozzle for the suction to extract the old brake fluid brilliant idea . I will do my DMAX using your method next time when it's due , and save myself an hrs labour costs at the local mechanic shop , Take care .
Thanks a lot Brett. 😊
I can do that, didn’t look hard, cool diy tool, thanks for sharing
Cheers Louis 😀
Don’t you need to replace the master cylinder cover while bleeding the brake lines?
Without anyones help is good job
cool. thanks!
thank you
Thanks bro
great idea for vacuum pump, although brake fluid is not safe, modify the "pump" nozzle to prevent spray and atomizing brake fluid around your work and breathing area, wear eye protection
Yeah tried what you did to the word,but when attached to nipple and constant pumping trigger still had air coming out.
Good idea for that mate. Im putting on new body mounts tomorrow i watched your other vid on that, Holden said none in country for 8 weeks and they called today saying they had them a shipment just arrived, Only took a week so i guess there is stock in the country now
That's good news! Nice work 😀
So good ideare
Thanks Nick another great clip. Can you do an aircon/alternator belt replacement one next?
That's definitely on the to do list so stay tuned 😀
@@LowRangeNick that’s great to hear! I can’t even tell you how much your vids have helped me with my ute. Keep up the great work!
@@user-ey8cb5xh3b thanks a lot! Really appreciate it 😀
I wonder where I can get that one way valve.
Hello Nick. Great video. Can I adopt this method for my e320 w211 Mercedes with SBC?
Thanks a lot. Yep, you sure can 😊
10/10👍
Merci
Thanks Nick. Will this work for bleeding the clutch too.
Hey Robert, it sure will.
Very good job .Can i bled clutch with this method
You sure can!
Hi for your video do you need the brake fluid cap off during the process or have cap on all times other then refilling when needed ?
You can leave the cap off while bleeding 🙂
Is the flued clear??
Love this pump spray gadget. Exactly was I was looking for as I don't have someone to pump the brake pedal. Thank you buddy.
Thanks a lot 😊
Has anyone tried repeatedly changing only the brake fluid in the reservoir method over a period of several weeks? Although not perfect, I believe this "Turkey-Baster" method does somewhat of a good job as a lot of the brake fluid eventually circulates throughout the entire system anyways and the brake lines will eventually fill with new brake fluid.
Wouldn’t work.
Well, the idea isnt bad at all. And what about to use a regular syringe ?
I always step the brake pedal many times，then hold stepping brake and another guy do the operation under the vehicle
hey Nick is there any difference with drum rear brakes to this process ??
It's the same process just instead of bleeding the callipers you will be bleeding the wheel cylinders. 🙂
Only listen to this guys directions on which wheel to start on, the one farthest from the master cylinder if you and your car are from a country which the drivers side is on the right of the car. I believe that rule applies. Correct me if I'm wrong. LOL
Good idea... Do you have to press the pedal during this procedure, thus needing a helper?
Not necessary to have a helper at all. The vaccum created sucks the fluid through.
The title is bleed by yourself.
Will you be doing a free wheeling hub install by any chance?
Probably not Jed.
genius
Bonzer!
I dont think my brake fluid comes out of the bleeder niple but from the side of the niple.