Motion Pro 08-0143 Hydraulic Brake Bleeder

This works great! I've used this on my motorcycle and my cars. Makes bleeding brakes so much easier. Easier than using a power bleeder in my opinion.

Now I will say that I was very skeptical about purchasing this item in the first place because there are many check valve based brake bleeding products on the market right now. Many of them do not work very well; check valves will pop off from the pressure on some and others just don't seem to be able to do what they are designed to do, which is to allow flow in one direction and not the other as a check valve should. However, this was not the case with the Motion Pro brake bleeding tool. This product worked perfectly fine and finally made brake flushing/bleeding a one-man job for me. Now mind you that this is an extremely big deal as many of you know that brake flushing/bleeding is a tedious (yet enjoyable) job and can be frustrating for the slave, I mean partner, that you are getting the brake pedal assistance from. The check valve properly allowed fluid and air to flow in one direction but not back in to the caliper. However, I will say that the plastic tubings that are supplied with the check valve are a bit short. In fact I had to use my own extended tubing to be able to do the job. Therefore, be warned that you should probably get some aquatic tubing or something similar at your local hardware store (fuel tubing for lawn mowers will also work). Still make sure to use the plastic tubing the is supplied for the initial end of the check valve as it is a perfect fitting for the nipple and the check valve; only use your own longer tubing on the ejecting end of the check valve. Another thing that I will warn ahead of time is that when you release the bleeder nipple (1/4 - 1/2 turn; I personally do no more than 1/4) once you have attached the tubing, you'll notice that brake fluid seeps out from the threading. For the most part, this is normal; all you have to do is use some paper towel and shove it around the nipple before starting to bleed the caliper. Some of you may worry that air may be able to seep into the caliper through the threading since it won't be going through the check valve, but I assure you it probably will not, especially at 1/4 turn like I did. Nevertheless, nothing is perfect and it is possible that your bleeder nipple may be warn out and therefore give you a different experience than it did for me and leak air through the threading. To ensure that this is not the case, when you are done pumping the brake pedal to bleed/flush the capliper, close the bleeder nipple, use something to hold down the brake pedal (like a crow bar between the clutch and gas pedal), and open the nipple to see if air bubbles shoot out of the bleeder nipple (jury rigged one-man bleeding). Do this a few times at the end for each caliper. This will let you verify that the job was done properly.

If you were paying attention in school and learned how to read then you will be happy with this neat, keep it simple, little one man bleeder. Read and keep the instructions that come with the unit or if you can't read then find someone who can read the instructions to you. (Those of you who can read please don't laugh. You would be surprised how many people can't read Engwish ;-) Bleeding brakes is not rocket science. If you can type on a computer but don't have a clue about bleeding brakes then go to Youtube and watch some videos on brake bleeding whatever type of vehicle you're working on. Works great on motorcycle brake systems. This unit is made for brake systems that already have fluid in them. Air in the brake system is what keeps it from working correctly. This unit will bleed the air out if used correctly. You must prime the unit before it will work hence the reason for having the ability to read the instructions. The bleeder has an arrow on it to tell you which direction the fluid must flow. Use a water bottle or something similar to catch the fluid as it pumps out. Do not just pump it on the ground. Do your part to help protect our planet. Any auto parts store will take the fluid you bleed out of the system free of charge. Do not flush it down the toilet. I own bleeders that cost a lot more than this one with too many parts required that don't work as well. Another fine Motion Pro product.

Seems to work but after no more air in the line . I tried the brakes and still spongy there was still air . I thought it was to easy. I mean really if it worked wow. Makes bleeding brake fast and easy one man job. Now i only pumped the brakes 3 times on each caliper to bleed and i didn't see any more air coming out. In the hose. Normally it takes more pumps, i stopped only cause i didn't see any more air bubbles in the line. I didn't have time to try more will next week and update UPDATE ;======================================================================================================= it works as described, I did need to pump the brakes more then three times. I watch the front drivers caliper as I pressed the brake. so I indeed needed to pump more air out. something to watch out for if it not working for you. one of the bleeders screws would let air back in around the screw threads no matter what or how little I turned it. so I did that caliper the old way, even doing it like that this still helps. because this had gotten all the air out of the lines and caliper aside from a tinny little bit that crept back in. I only had to do one pump once the old way all air was out . I did it a few times the old way there was no air after one time just to make sure the first time i did this using bleeder screws that have a rubber washer on the threads and would solve that issue , or new sealant around the screws or just new screws this did make bleeding brakes much faster easier then before even if the bleeder screw lets air back in its just a little that comes back out immediately the next bleed , in other words it gets all the air out a leaky screw may let a tad back in that can be out in one shot the old way and if I had the bleeder screws with the rubber washers around the threads in the caliper this would have been a no brainer for the price go for it. works better then the more expensive complicated bleeders out there I have tried and don't use. this is simple and works. don't overthink this just try it. I have a big truck and this makes life a hole lot easier :)

Very handy tool to say the least, truly makes bleeding your brakes or clutch a one man job. That one way check valve 100% keeps air from going back into the system which is what makes your life easy when bleeding your brakes or clutch.

Great product. Makes bleeding the brakes real easy. A+++ on shipping

works great