GC and PC
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2025
I installed new calipers on my classic car and needed to bleed the brakes. Instead of getting another person's help, this kit allowed me to do the bleeding myself.The kit is pretty basic. The one-way valve comes with two hoses and three clamps. Using it turned out to be a little bit of work though.The valve with the smaller size port is the one that needs to connect to the bleeder screw. (No instructions were included, or even an arrow that tells you the direction of the flow.) The hose that fits tightly on that port is too small to go over the bleeder screw. To fix this problem I cut a piece off the small hose, pushed it over the port, then pushed the larger hose over that. (Pictures 2, 3, and 4.)The next step is necessary to keep the fluid from coming out around the bleeder screw when it is loose. I removed the screw, wrapped Teflon tape around the threads, and screwed back in until I couldn't turn it any farther with my fingers.After connecting the larger hose to the bleeder screw, I pumped the brake pedal a couple of times, then checked the hose for air bubbles. I repeated this until the bubbles were gone, then I unscrewed the bleeder, removed the tape, put the bleeder back in and tightened it. I repeated this on the other side and finished.If you don't have someone to help you bleed brakes, this kit will work, but it requires some modification.
R. Davis
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025
This one-way brake bleeder valve works. I just bled the brakes on my 1980 Scout II, and this little bleeder worked just fine in allowing fluid out and not allowing air back in. That's the good.Here's the not-so-good. This valve set comes with no instructions, but things are fairly easy to figure out. It comes with two clear, different diameter, plastic tubes: one is already attached to the valve (the larger tube), and one must be attached (the thinner one). Why it comes with two different sized tubes, I don't know. Why both tubes aren't already attached, I don't know.The larger tube acts as the drain into a bottle or pan. The thinner tube is supposed to attach to the bleeder valve on the vehicle's caliper or piston. Unfortunately, the thinner tube's diameter is so small that it is very difficult to slip it over even a smaller-sized bleeder valve. I don't think it would slip over a larger-sized bleeder valve at all. So, you'll have to resort.I had previously obtained a Brake Bleeder Hose Adapter that, at one end, slips into a plastic tube via a connector, and, at the other end, slips over a vehicle's bleeder valve. However, the small tube for the one-way bleeder valve was too small to even fit over the connector without first heating the tube so that it became pliable and was able to enlarge and slip onto the connector. A needless hassle it seems to me. If you don't have such an adapter, I'm not sure you'll be able to make use of the small tube as it is.Does the one-way valve work? Yes. Does it come with needless hassles? Yes.