I am looking at maybe getting a Sealey VS402 bleed kit Sealey Anyone had any experience with these? My fluids are overdue a change both clutch and brakes. Also, are we ok with dot4 brake and clutch fluid on a 1098? Thanks. Phil
For the volume of fluid in the system it is not required. A piece of clear tube and a jam jar will do the job. use a syringe to remove old fluid out of the reservoirs. If you are concerned about air bubbles then get a large syringe and back fill the system from the bleed nipple. I use dot4 from Eurocarparts. I also alternate between blue ATE Race and straw coloured normal so that I can see the fluid is fully changed.
I bought some clear plastic tubing, a one way valve and a syringe of eBay and works a treat, all came in at under £10.
I was thinking this route as a couple of my mates had difficulty bleeding their rear brakes, on a 749 and one a tuono. I have the standard brake bleeding bottle and tube but thought, for £24 quid, the sealey option may make life a lot easier? I have some unopened carplan dot4 clutch and brake fluid, I assume this is ok to use spec wise?
Clear plastic tube with a one way valve will make the job a lot easier. I think the vacuum pump is over kill for our bikes as has already been said.
bled the clutch on mine really easy clear plastic tubing from b&q put a bolt in one end then next to where the bolt place a small slit in the pipe slit acts as a one way valve really easy and cheap have used a vacuum pump for bleeding brakes on a car at work was not impressed thought there was air in the system that I could not get rid of it was pulling air around the threads of the bleed nipple doh also it would empty the resauvoir really quick and pull air in if not careful a syringe from the chemist would do the job the same for a lot less
Its up to you what you use. I use a Mityvac that I've had for yonks and it works well, very similar to your Sealey. Sometimes you also need to do the old fashioned pressure bleed too at the master (just my experience). Its horses for courses, I like it but everything everybody else here has said is good sound advice too. As far as the air being pulled through the threads yes it fooled me a couple of times, but the bubbles from it are tiny so you soon know what is air being pulled from the nipple threads and what is real air in the system. To eliminate that a couple of winds with Teflon (plumbers) tape around the thread stops it and lasts for ages. Fluid DOT 4 or 5.1 as mentioned NEVER DOT 5.0
