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I've just watched an Avid 'how to' video on Youtube and thought, y'know, actually, that doesn't look so complicated and off to CRC I went... £34? for a couple of syringes, hose, hose clamps and some oil (and a torx driver i guess)?
Has anyone put together their own version? Where did you get the bits from? (This may be obvious but I'm not in the habit of buying these kinds of things.)
Someone posted on here about a [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/my-homemade-avid-bleed-kit ]DIY kit[/url] they'd knocked together.
Brilliant. Thanks.
I think that some of the formula bleed kits are the same - and quite a bit cheaper
It works well, I recently bled a pair using that method before I sold them. I found the tube and connector parts in pets at home for a couple of quid, but its surprisingly difficult to get hold of 50mm syringes in the public domain... ebay is your best bet (unless you are/you know a nurse).
50mm syringes are like those 20p's with no dates, 50ml on the other hand.
[url= http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1311&_nkw=50ml+syringe&_sacat=See-All-Categories ]ebay search for them[/url]
Lol. Good stuff thanks - I'd just sat back to down to type, "Uh, where can i find the syringes?" 🙂
Dot 4 oil? Motorbike/car spares shop?
EDIT: Just found dot 4 brake fluid oil. 500ml for £2.39 online so i guess my local auto spares shop should be similar.
After using syringes I'd never go back to squeezy bottles, but then I'd never go back to avids either.
Might as well use DOT 5.1 - its not much more and better.
Might as well use DOT 5.1 - its not much more and better.
And it'd be okay in Avid 3s? The documentation on the SRAM website advises DOT 4 but then again they're also pushing the Avid Bleed Kit so I'm all ears if 5.1 is fine as a substitute. Am i right that it doesn't heat up* as quickly as 4?
*Might not the right term but you know what i mean.
Yup DOT 5.1 and 4 are compatible, I've got Juicy 3s and it was fine, even says on top of the brake lever on mine - the bleed kit comes with 5.1. It boils at a higher temperature so will be less prone to brake fade on long descents.
The Formula bleed kits work with Avid Juicy (the brass threaded connectors fit prefectly) and I used a bread bag plastic clamp on the tubes.