I need to refill my rear brake. The system has been opened. I own a mity-vac as well as motion-pro bleed valve and have used speedbleeders before (not on this caliper).

Is there a way that I can use my Mity-vac to force fluid into the system from the bleed valve?

 

i really should read before i type, i almost wrong a bad response...haha...

no, you can't force fluid with the mity-vac INTO the bleeder valve on the caliper (i think that is what you are asking)...

rather...just fill the brake fluid res....and hook the mity vac to the bleeder and pump so that there is suction at the bleeder...it will start to draw fluid from the brake res...just make sure to keep an eye on the brake res so that it doesn't go empty....it's really easy to do with the mity vac to prime the system....

in short, hook up the tube of the mity vac to the bleeder....don't crack the bleeder yet....if you have the vac with the pressure gauge(they might all have it as there are different models)...make sure the pressure is holding with the bleeder closed and the tube on the bleeder....fill the rear brake res....slowly crack the rear bleeder and the mity should start pulling in fluid from the rear brake but like i said make sure to keep the rear brake res full and suction at the mity vac...if you're doing it yourself...occasionaly close off the bleeder to check the brake res that way it does accidentally go dry which will give you air in your lines and make it tougher to bleed later....

make sense? i don't know if i wrote that out well or if that is even what you are looking for, but let me know...

 

Just hoping for a different answer, that's all.

I do recall someone posting something like doing it in reverse and he got flamed badly. Not sure if he used a Mity-Vac though.

 

i have heard of reverse bleeding, but i don't think it can be done with the mity vac....it works on suction....so it doesn't provide a "push" from the tube...

 

check it out..

http://www.moccsplace.com/images/bra...er/bleeder.htm

 

Interesting...