For those of you who don't know, Cindy and I started to have issues with our brakes not working while we were on the Top of the World trail in Moab. This is the same problem we had back during the New Year Kick Off Run and let me tell you, it's no bueno. Anyway, finally got a chance to wash and work our our Gladiator.
After talking to jeeep who apparently had a similar problem in the past, I decide to give this Power Bleeder made by Motive Products a try.
Fortunately, it's super easy to use and it makes bleeding brakes super easy and without needing the help of someone pushing on the brake pedal for you.
After you hook it up to your master cylinder and pump it up to 15 psi, all you need to do is open up the valves on your brakes and let it bleed out.
I should note that unlike when someone presses on the brake pedal, the flow coming out of the bleeder valve is low but it's still enough to see bubbles and or crud coming out.
Overall, the process is super easy to do and definitely something I'd recommend if you're in need of bleeding your brakes by yourself.
Here's a link to what I bought:
But, I should note that you will need to buy this adapter as well to make it work on a Jeep master cylinder but it still comes out to being cheaper than buying the kit with additional caps:
I should note that we had bled our brakes the best we could before heading for home and that helped but not as much as we would have preferred. That is the reason why I decided to do it again and with this. And, when I did it, there weren't any more bubbles but I did see gunk come out and so I kept doing it until the fluid ran clean. And, so far, things feel a LOT better or at least, for now anyway. If this doesn't work, I'll be replacing the master cylinder next.
After talking to jeeep who apparently had a similar problem in the past, I decide to give this Power Bleeder made by Motive Products a try.
Fortunately, it's super easy to use and it makes bleeding brakes super easy and without needing the help of someone pushing on the brake pedal for you.
After you hook it up to your master cylinder and pump it up to 15 psi, all you need to do is open up the valves on your brakes and let it bleed out.
I should note that unlike when someone presses on the brake pedal, the flow coming out of the bleeder valve is low but it's still enough to see bubbles and or crud coming out.
Overall, the process is super easy to do and definitely something I'd recommend if you're in need of bleeding your brakes by yourself.
Here's a link to what I bought:
But, I should note that you will need to buy this adapter as well to make it work on a Jeep master cylinder but it still comes out to being cheaper than buying the kit with additional caps:
I should note that we had bled our brakes the best we could before heading for home and that helped but not as much as we would have preferred. That is the reason why I decided to do it again and with this. And, when I did it, there weren't any more bubbles but I did see gunk come out and so I kept doing it until the fluid ran clean. And, so far, things feel a LOT better or at least, for now anyway. If this doesn't work, I'll be replacing the master cylinder next.
