[Shop-talk] Pneumatic Brake Fluid Bleeder (Harbor Freight) review!

[Arvid Jedlicka]

Randall,

I am not sure what "the leak" was in Dave's scenario but in my case they 
leaked around the threads and eventually the check valves went bad.

I attribute the check valves going bad to being installed on a vehicle that 
was used on Minnesotas salt encrusted roads in the winter and not on a 
design or quality flaw. Eventually I replaced them with regular ones.

Arvid

-----Original Message----- 
From: Randall
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:24 PM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Pneumatic Brake Fluid Bleeder (Harbor Freight) 
review!

> Back when I used to hang out on motorcycle forums (mostly BMW
> with ATE
> calipers) Speed Bleeders were a big deal for a while, then a lot of
> complaints started turning up about leaks,

Do you mean that they were letting air back in during the bleeding process? 
I don't see how they could leak otherwise.

If the check valve went bad, then they would have to be replaced.  But if 
the sealant on the threads fails, some Vibra-tite should
reseal them.

Randall
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