Hayes Bleed Kit Homemade

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May 05, 2004  All you need are a couple squeeze bottles, a few small pieces of hose, and a spring. Thats all the hayes kit is. The spring keeps the hose on the caliper, but im sure there are ways around needing that. Maybe someone can post a pic of the bleed kit so you know what to look for at home depot. Changing txt to cfg. Avid Professional Bleed Kit:: From $64.00:: Disc Brake Bleed Kits:: UniversalCycles.com - 30,000+ mountain & road cycling parts. Online & in Portland Oregon since.

Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 11:26 Quote
i was flying down the local dh track (cough cough) nd i crashed. by the time i got to the bottom of the track i didnt have any front brake.
i now what was the matter nd ive fixed it but now i need to bleed my hayes hfx-9 nd i tryed to bleed them but i seams to take ages is there a short cut????
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 11:36 Quote
syringe and buy the adaptors
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 11:39 Quote
ive got a bleed kit but it seams to take ages to bleed by the book
all i want to know is, is there a short cut to bleeding disc brakes
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 14:22 Quote
Have a PINT!!
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 at 14:24 Quote
konaridingiwster wrote:
ive got a bleed kit but it seams to take ages to bleed by the book
all i want to know is, is there a short cut to bleeding disc brakes

Do a crapload of speed or meth first- it'll fly by!
Seriously, the more you practice, the easier it is. It takes me five minutes to do a complete bleed of my nines.
Posted: Apr 4, 2008 at 14:01 Quote
does anyone know were I can find a Tutorial on how to bleed my nines?
thanks
Posted: Apr 4, 2008 at 14:03 Quote
put them in the bin
if not syringe and all the adaptors
practice will make perfect
Posted: Apr 4, 2008 at 14:09 Quote
Guitarking wrote:
does anyone know were I can find a Tutorial on how to bleed my nines?
thanks

Hayes website has a full pdf file on how to bleed them.
Posted: Apr 4, 2008 at 22:53 Quote
great! thanks man.
Hmm, is this hard? Could I do this myself?
Also how often should you bleed your brakes?
I thought mine were done last year with my spring tuneup at the LBS, but I found out they were not which puts me at 2 years since the last bleed...
Posted: Aug 7, 2009 at 7:33 Quote
dkidd wrote:
konaridingiwster wrote:
ive got a bleed kit but it seams to take ages to bleed by the book
all i want to know is, is there a short cut to bleeding disc brakes

Do a crapload of speed or meth first- it'll fly by!
Seriously, the more you practice, the easier it is. It takes me five minutes to do a complete bleed of my nines.

Well if it only takes five minutes what methood do you use? ive heard of loads of differant ways people have bled them.
Posted: Aug 7, 2009 at 7:36 Quote
Guitarking wrote:
great! thanks man.
Hmm, is this hard? Could I do this myself?
Also how often should you bleed your brakes?
I thought mine were done last year with my spring tuneup at the LBS, but I found out they were not which puts me at 2 years since the last bleed...

Also you bleed them when they start to feel spongy. otherwise bleed every year for competition use and every 2-3 for normal as the fluid does detiriorate.
Posted: Aug 7, 2009 at 9:07 Quote
this might be confusing but this is how i did mine and they work fin so please excuse it if its confusing.
How to bleed Hayes 9 brakes
recently me and a mate have tried bleeding some Hayes 9 brakes and after looking on the net at some useless guides we decided to write on in plain English with pics so people can get a better understanding on how to do it as we had to learn by trial and error, this may not be the best way but it worked for us and the brakes stop me on the spot.
We also couldn't afford a proper bleed kit so we made our own and it worked a treat so not only will you be able to bleed then well but also at a cheap cost.
what you will need:
first of all you will need patience lol
brake fluid
squeeze bottle to “ push oil” with clear tubing ( I will explain later )
catch container
narrow clear tubing ( I used the tube off some old spay bottle)
wider clear tubing
cable ties
spanner
first of all attach on of the wider clear tubing to the narrow tubing off the spray bottle top using cable ties to secure them together.
Loosen the lever on your handle bars to rotate the lever upwards so the reservoir cap is facing up and re-secure.
Now fill the squeeze bottle with the other wider clear tubing and fill the squeeze bottle with brake fluid.
Attach the catchment container using cable ties to your handlebars
remove little clip on reservoir cap
push narrow tube into the reservoir cap hole and place the wider clear tube into the catchment container
place squeeze tube hose on the bleeding port on the calliper and hold squeeze container upside down next to your forks
using the small spanner loosen the bleed port ¼ turn anti-clockwise
start squeezing the squeeze bottle to push the fluid into the calliper, squeeze for several second and then stop and let things work its way in the calliper then squeeze again, do this until it starts to come out the clear tubing from the reservoir cap and you will be able to see the air bubbles come out.
Remember to flick the hose and tap the calliper and push the lever down every now and then, this will help remove air bubbles caught in awkward places in the hydrolic system.
Keep pushing fluid through the calliper using the squeeze bottle until it comes out the clear hose from the reservoir cap tubing with no air bubbles.
Once you have reached this stage the tighten the bleed port on the calliper ¼ turn clockwise to tighten up. And remove the squeeze bottle and clear tubing.
Remove the clear tubing from the reservoir cap and replace the small black bung.
Once you have aligned the brakes onto the disc they should aligned with no rubbing.
Restore lever to desired position and secure.
That's it , it all should be working a treat now, it may take several goes at this to get it perfect and with no mess but be prepared for it to take a while , if you still have no braking power when the fluid comes out the top then check the system has no leaks and make sure there is no air in the system.
to improve when bled i adjusted the lever to make the brakes abit sharper , sanded my pads slightly with coarse sandpaper to make it rough and i cleaned the discs with vodka as i dont have any rubbing alcahol but this worked great lol
if enough people neew to know how to bleed hayes hfx9 i will do a how to vid might make it abit clearer
Posted: Aug 8, 2009 at 3:16 Quote
^^plain english thats a laugh!^^
Posted: Aug 8, 2009 at 12:34 Quote

atleaset ive tried to help which is what the point of this thread is, to help bleed brakes or can you not read good
Posted: Aug 22, 2009 at 4:17 Quote
dsazonic wrote:

atleaset ive tried to help which is what the point of this thread is, to help bleed brakes or can you not read good

Ok chill! props for writing all dat anyways!