Speedbleeders

[zeltus]

Anyone got any recommendations for Speedbleeders or a.n.other alternatives?

Can they only be purchased in the USA? (cost isn't really an issue as such, but import Tax and VAT is, the the charge the Post Office add on is just thievery)

I do worry about identifying WHICH R1150GS bits I need, as Speedbleeders list 2 types - I am sure mine is a 2003 R150GSA (iABS, servo brakes and all that bollox) but I am not sure that matches what their website wants me to get...

I do know that Goodridge and Spiegler make alternatives.. but again, exactly what bits do I need?

I guess I need to go 'round the bike counting how many bleedin' points there are

In the meantime, any advice gratefully received - after all, I really ought to change all the brake fluids at least once every 10 years, oughtn't I ?

Bill

 

[Posh Pete]

You can buy them direct from the USA. Last time I did so, they came straight through with no additional taxes.

http://www.speedbleeder.com/

 

[bcostell]

For the front circuit you need a bleeder for each caliper and then, optionally three bleeders for the ABS unit. I say optionally - I figured that since the stock bleeders are in easy reach and not exposed to the elements like the calipers, there was not a huge benefit of replacing them - with the stock ABS bleeders it's still a one person operation.

For the rear circuit you'll need one bleeder for the caliper and again three for the ABS unit. You may want to think about also fitting one of those stainless steel replacement plugs that the rear bleeder screws in to. Motorworks and Motorbins both sell them for about 10quid. The original nipple has a habit of breaking off when you try to unscrew it.

For the clutch there's one bleeder required.

The bleeders are available in steel and stainless steel.

I've recently fitted to both my bikes, an '04 GSA and an '05 GSA. The bikes have the Tokico calipers. The parts I used were:

SB7100S-SS Speed Bleeder 2 off
SB1010S-SS Speed Bleeder 1 off
SB6100-SS Speed Bleeder 1 off

 

[Gecko]

Can anyone tell me why they list a Speedbleeder SB1010S for an R1100GS clutch? It's a clutch cable not a hydraulic clutch

 

[Steptoe]

Why................. Have you been reading the american websites ??

Why do you need speed bleeders for servo brakes ?

The electric pump in the servo acts as a pump.

In fact why do you need speed bleeders anyway. Bleeding normal brakes is fast enough and a simple job.

I can say that in more than 25 years working on bikes for a living there's is no time when i've never needed a speed bleeder.

Save your money and buy some other shite that you can dangle on your bike .

 

[zeltus]

Simple job

>Bleeding normal brakes is fast enough and a simple job.

I've not done it before, is all. Once I have done it, and seen how simple it is I can also do away with any special bits.

You've seen my bike - so you've seen how many dangly bits I've added to it. Most of the Touratech catalogue I 'spect! For I am a sad and lonely man.

What about the filling adapter Mr Hager recommends? A funnel with a plug added to it - do I need one of those or that also just a nice add-on?

 

[Canuck]

I use the fluid bottle to fill the resevoir...then an old piece of fuel hose stuck on the bleed valve that empties into a clean glass bottle... But try to make the hose long enough so that it dangles into fluid that you are pushing out so that you dont inadvertently suck up any air. You can let the spanner just hang on the bolt so its easy to nip up once bled.

 

[zeltus]

Steptoe's fault

...and it's all your fault anyway

Since you serviced the brute and made it wholesome again, you've re-kindled my desire to learn which end of a screwdriver is which, and to work out what "lefty loose-y, righty-tighty"* means.

*OK, so I do know, really. But when I taught this to my wife, she was amazed and has been chanting it as often as she can ever since. Not near my bike, obviously, but anything that is screwed together is fair game to her now. But she still thinks a knife makes for a suitable screwdriver. Oh well.

 

[MattW]

I.ve got one of those non return valve jobbies (eazybleed or something). I still dangle its discharge end in fluid in the jar just in case but it makes changing brake fluid a doddle - no faffing with opening and closing bleed nipples - just pump it through from the master cylinder, topping up as you go, while watching the discharge for nice fresh fluid.

 

[Green Boy]

Having just changed the clutch fluid today I can recommend this cheap and cheerful setup:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycl...UK_Measuring_Tools_Levels&hash=item43bc89d9ad

It's nothing to do with me etc etc but it does away with all the need for jar with fluid in etc as you just plug it onto the valve and pump away. I appreciate that many on here are well practised at this kind of thing but if like me you've got a fairly small garage full of shite, it does away with the risk of kicking the jar over!

I.ve got one of those non return valve jobbies (eazybleed or something). I still dangle its discharge end in fluid in the jar just in case but it makes changing brake fluid a doddle - no faffing with opening and closing bleed nipples - just pump it through from the master cylinder, topping up as you go, while watching the discharge for nice fresh fluid.