Hi Everyone,

I'm getting lined out to do a 3" long travel OME lift kit purchased from David at Northridge.

I have read about speed bleeders in a few posts. I have searched the Internet; but, I have yet to find a listing for Jeep. Mine is a 2008 JK Rubicon 2-door.

Anyone have a suggestion where I might find them? Or, perhaps a cross-reference to another make and model that will work?

Thanks

Jeff

 

you dont need speed bleeders unless you just want to bleed the brakes by youself. bleeding your brakes is very easy and very inexpensive - just get a friend to help push the pedal and you're good.

 

The brake pedal way is the hard way, and it takes a lot longer.

I bought my bleeder from harbor frieght for like 25 bucks (I got the plastic one, the metal one better, but is double the price). I have done a LOT of brake jobs with it, it works really well.

 

Thanks for your advice. That's part of the problem... a lot of time it's hard to find a warm body around during the times I am trying to work on one of my projects. It has been a long time since I bled a brake system (suddenly I feel old), and it sure didn't seem too difficult. I suppose I'm just planning for worst-case.

Thanks

Jeff

 

I looked at Harbor Freight's website and found a couple of different options. If I'm reading the information right, one kit appears to be a hand vacuum pump, and the other kit appears to use air from a compressor. (The latter appears to be more for replacing all the brake fluid in a system?)

Am I looking at these correctly? I would think the small hand pump would work for bleeding the system after line replacement, or do you think it would be better to go with the larger capacity system?

Thanks a lot for your advice.

Jeff

 

The mods will ding you for posting a direct link to a non sponsor.
Just remove the hyperlink and you should be ok.

See like ninjas, before I was even able to finish my initial post

 

No "ding" just an edit with a reason why.

 

Major Ho,

Thanks for the heads-up. I didn't really think about that when I posted. It won't happen again.

Take Care

Jeff

 

I bought a speed bleeder from a local parts store for a good price. Its alot easier than pumping the pedal just make sure that the reserve tank stays filled with brake fluid.

 

Hi,

I'm still learning the rules here... I hope that the question I'm going to ask isn't in violation. (Thanks for the respectful request for me to edit my post, BTW. I'll be more careful in the future.)

I have seen a lot of references to Harbor Freight tools in various posts. I have never purchased from them. (I have a reasonable collection of Craftsman.) A few of the tools I need to buy will only be purchased for use a few times. (For example a 24" adjustable wrench. There is a huge difference in price between Craftsman and Harbor. I could buy quite a few Harbor replacements before approaching the price of a Craftsman.) I'm wondering if the tools hold up reasonably well.

(Since I am responding to a previous reply on this thread, I hope it's okay to ask that question here. If not, I'll look for it in the correct area when it is moved.)

Thanks,

Jeff