I'm looking to buy a broken ABS pump, found a vendor who wants to try and rebuild it. I'm willing to play guinea pig with one.
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WTB: bad ABS pump
- Thread starter The Kid
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I've got one that still works out of my 94.
hit it with a hammer, then Mike will buy it...
I just got all the seals to attempt to rebuild my own. Anyone know a place to find or make that special break bleed tool? It’s really the only thing stopping me from pulling it out is I want to make sure I can bleed them properly after.
I was able to get them to bleed after I instilled beaded lines but I remember it being a pain in the butt to get all the air out of the system.
I was able to get them to bleed after I instilled beaded lines but I remember it being a pain in the butt to get all the air out of the system.
There are ALB tools on eBay that look like they will work okay.
With a ghetto vibe: You might consider removing the OEM square drive bleeder and replace with a hex one. Use a deep hex socket with a tube fed down the 3/8" socket drive and use locking pliers to rotate the bleeder. (I would try this first).
Or find out who stole and recover the T bleeder that I donated to the NSX community a decade ago. (Some people suck).
Or float your NSX to my shop in NZ and I'll let you use my remaining ALB T wrench for free.
With a ghetto vibe: You might consider removing the OEM square drive bleeder and replace with a hex one. Use a deep hex socket with a tube fed down the 3/8" socket drive and use locking pliers to rotate the bleeder. (I would try this first).
Or find out who stole and recover the T bleeder that I donated to the NSX community a decade ago. (Some people suck).
Or float your NSX to my shop in NZ and I'll let you use my remaining ALB T wrench for free.
What is so special about the tool that it could not be replicated? I’m not entirely sure how it works.
I do know it took me forever to get the air out of the system the old fashioned way last time I did breaks.
I do know it took me forever to get the air out of the system the old fashioned way last time I did breaks.
The ALB bleeder is a 9mm square socket with a seal.
Of course, it can be duplicated. It's a simple question of how much time, money, and cognitive overhead does one wish to to expend.
You might be able to hammer a square socket out of a plumbing socket IDK.
There are 2-3 fabricated tools on eBay that appear to do the job with some inconvenience, mess, and limited life.
An easy DIY way out is to replace the square bleeder nipple with traditional hex and use a deep socket. Cheap, easy, and very messy. Also dangerous due to fluid pressure.
Of course, it can be duplicated. It's a simple question of how much time, money, and cognitive overhead does one wish to to expend.
You might be able to hammer a square socket out of a plumbing socket IDK.
There are 2-3 fabricated tools on eBay that appear to do the job with some inconvenience, mess, and limited life.
An easy DIY way out is to replace the square bleeder nipple with traditional hex and use a deep socket. Cheap, easy, and very messy. Also dangerous due to fluid pressure.
First, get one of these:
Then, file two flats on the side of the socket so that you can get a crescent wrench on it.
Next, connect a long length of vinyl tubing to the nipple and exit the tube into a container
Slide the socket over the tube until you can place the socket on the bleeder.
VERY CAREFULLY loosen the bleeder slightly. The fluid is under something like 2,000psi pressure. You want to eek out the pressure, not release it all at once. As the pressure drops from the first blast, open the bleeder all the way and release the rest of the fluid into the container.
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Then, file two flats on the side of the socket so that you can get a crescent wrench on it.
Next, connect a long length of vinyl tubing to the nipple and exit the tube into a container
Slide the socket over the tube until you can place the socket on the bleeder.
VERY CAREFULLY loosen the bleeder slightly. The fluid is under something like 2,000psi pressure. You want to eek out the pressure, not release it all at once. As the pressure drops from the first blast, open the bleeder all the way and release the rest of the fluid into the container.
Locking pliers (Vise Grips) might be a good substitute for a [metric] adjustable wrench (Crescent) with infinite positioning on the socket.
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