I was just wondering if anyone uses these or has experience with them? I'm asking here in the Racing and Comp forum since this is where brakes will see the most abuse.

I just wanna make sure that it's not going to be a weak link and start leaking fluid or the seals go bad if the caliper gets too hot.

link to the product

http://thmotorsports.com/russell/russell_s...er/g-52327.aspx

 

i put them on towards the end of last year. works great, makes bleeding the brakes at the track every easy. and i can still use my vacuum pump to bleed it at home. wish i would have done it sooner.

 

I never had much luck with them. I never seemed to be able to get a great bleed with them.

 

I had them on my miata and integra and they worked great. Plan to get them for the S2k but haven't yet.

 

Sounds good. 66% success rate so far... at $26 for all four corners, it's worth a shot. Thanks guys.

 

I had earls speed bleeders and after a while I thought they leaked a bit so I took them off

 

I had them leak on me, and have seen several other people report the same.

Not worth potentially screwing up your brakes just to avoid asking one of your buddies for five minutes of help. I took them off.

 

heh, that brings it down to 40% success rate now, and the report of "several other people..."

Good thing I haven't done anything yet.

 

I've been running them on my S and my RX-7 before that and never had a problem. It makes solo brake bleeding very easy.

You can keep them from leaking air into the system during the brake pedal return by screwing them out about two full turns and adding some Locktite Blue on the threads. You only have to do that about once a year or two. When using them you only need to back them out about 1/4 turn. The less you open them the less likely you'll have an air leak.

I was surprised to find that you can still gravity bleed with Speed Bleeders so I normally do a combo bleed: start with pumping with the Speed Bleeders then leave the valves open and do a gravity bleed for a while.

 

I have thought about them, but my neighbor showed me a $4 thing he got a NAPA which is basically a one way bleed valve, similar to the speed bleeders, but it isn't on the car, and you can retain your stock valves (which hold up very well) and bleed the brakes/clutch easily on your own.

I would pay 10 times that amount for this tool, but they are like $4. I haven't been able to pick one up for myself, but we bled our Fit and my friend's Versa with zero issues.