Do any of you guys use speed bleeders? How often to you bleed your brakes for the ocasional HPDE?

I'd search, but its broken.

 

I have speedbleeders on my car. They seem to work fairly well. I've since bought a Motive pressure bleeder which I really like.

I always bleed my brakes before each HPDE just to make sure the fluid is fresh and has as little water in it as possible.

 

I've been looking to get some Earl's Solo Bleeders soon, but haven't gotten to it yet.

 

I rarely bleed the brakes unless I suspect some problem. I have tended to flush the brakes every six months or so. (That's on a daily driver which sees about 150-300 track miles per month, sometimes more.)

 

I have the speed bleeders on 3 cars and absolutely love them!

The only issue I find is that you open the bleeder and get to pumping and accidentally empty the reservoir and get air into the lines so you have to do it again.

It is still almost a 2 person job, 1 to pump and one to watch the fluid levels.

I have heard posts of people who get air in thru the threads, but I think they have just untightened the bleeders too far as I have never had that issue. I open no more than 1/4 turn. There is a "sealer" on the threads to prevent that from happening but if it does, just add a little teflon tape.

 

I think this would be a mute point if you have the motive power bleeder (which I will have by the end of the week...yay).

 

If you have a powerbleeder, speedbleeders add nothing but complications.

 

 

Speedbleeders have worked flawlessly for me for years. Bleed my brakes every event.

David B, it's a one-person job as long as you add enough fluid as appropriate after every couple corners or so (depending on how much you bleed (simply check before you start pumping). If you get air in the master cylinder by not haveeing enough fluid in the reservoir, it's not a simple "add more fluid and bleed". Getting that air out requires multiple activation of ABS, though there may be other methods also.

 

Yeah, my point was that it was so easy that you had to be careful or you would pump all the fluid out.

You quickly determine that on your car you need to add fluid after X number of pumps &/or check it often.