Will be replacing both calipers soon. One of the is sticking and probably the reason my new brembo front rotors warped after must 12k miles. Anyways, I have Speedbleeders in my car right now, but I'm afraid that when I go to unhook the lines and I will lose too much brake fluid in the system for the Speedbleeders to work.

Has any one used the "one man brake bleeder" kit in autozone. I think it's some tubing and a plastic bottle that has a magnet attached to it...I guess so the air bubbles up. I also know the mityvac pump can be used although not sure exactly how. Finally, does anyone recommend clamping the brakelines before it goes to the caliper and then just reattaching the lines to the new ones, and also transfering the speedbleeders? That should save enough fluid in the system but I don't know if it will damage the hose to pinch them that much.

 

i had 3 people including myself bleed my brakes, one to pump, one to check and pour brake fluid and one to hold the hose

 

Yeah, but I need to do this by myself.

 

It's very easy with the right tool.

 

I advise against clamping the hoses. That could lead to internal damage that you can't see. The fluid does not come out that fast if you don't take forever to reconnect the brake lines. I just did some front calipers and hoses on a Sentra yesterday. Once I finished that, I flushed the old brake fluid out with a vaccuum pump. If one of your calipers was sticking, I recommend replacing both hoses and flushing your brake fluid.

 

I might need to invest in that kit because my rear calipers are starting to get stiff also.

 

I made one of these

It worked great for me. Had a little trouble getting the 4th gen cap to seal tight though. It's an easy one man job with this.

 

go go gadget arms! I too have wonderd how to do this. It seems like the Mityvac is the perfect tool.

 

You will be just fine using the speed bleeders... I've done it a ton of times.

 

Thanks for the input all.

I will give the speedbleeders a shot...hopefully enough fluid will still be in the system. Plan b is the mityvac since i've seen it at the local parts store.

 

Speed bleeders are good. I was a moron and WAY overtightened one and crushed it (had to get some help to normally bleed that one with the old valve). Just be careful about how tight you make them.

 

That is essentually how we bleed cars at work. However it's difficult to make the pressure bleed cap for Nissan since they're not threaded. All modern German cars use the exact same cap which makes it easy.

 

It's perfect.

-It applies the pressure so you don't have too

-it's under pressure not vacuum so sucked in bubbles don't confuse you as bad

-It replenishes fluid, so you don't need to keep an eye on it.

It's so easy I bleed my brakes yearly now, when I switch summer to winter wheels, or after a good beating at the track.

Yes the cap sucks. I use clamps to hold the cap down tight. I should have taken a pic last time.