The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Hi all,
Any tips for bleeding the brakes ?

I’ve got TJs, 5/8 rear cylinders and a club tandem master cylinder. I’ve got no PDWA or LSV.

My bleeding order was passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front.

Are this Gunson Eezibleed kits any good ? I see that they include a selection of reservoir caps, but will they fit our cars ?

Thanks, Richard

Dual circuit brakes mean you don't need to bleed the rears first. My personal sequence is left front, right front, then left rear and right rear (if you have my pipe equaliser)

I gravity bleed wherever possible to save potential servo damage.

I must admit i'm not one for gimmicks, but since the dual master has a metric threaded lid, there's probably one to fit in the Gunson kit.

Steve

RichardHyde wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:09 pm Hi all,
Any tips for bleeding the brakes ?

I’ve got TJs, 5/8 rear cylinders and a club tandem master cylinder. I’ve got no PDWA or LSV.

Having recently been there with the same setup, make sure that bench you bleed the master cylinder 1st to ensure there is no air trapped.

Put in a vice, fill the reservoir and pump the piston by hand until there is no air coming out with the fluid from both ports before you put it on the car.

Then bleed the front calipers before bleeding the rears. Good old manual bleeding with someone pressing the pedal in and out, whilst you bleed the brakes worked best for me after trying a vacuum bleeder and a Gaunson kit....

As old fashioned as it is, the Gunson's Easibleed does work.
I had only used it for clutches until I needed to bled a Focus mark2 after BMC replacement
and it worked no bother.

Not used a vacuum system so cannot comment on them.


Ian