What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[iamdub]

Thanks for that. I watched a video on this method on YT last night, but it seemed like air bubbles in the tubing would get sucked back into the bleeder when you let off the brake pedal.

There is a little bit of reversion when you let off the pedal. But, there's a lot more fluid being pushed out than what may flow back. This is why you keep the hose at the bottom of the bottle and submerged in fluid. The fluid and air being pushed out of the system through the caliper travels through the hose and out into the bottle. The air immediately bubbles to the surface and into the atmosphere. It doesn't go back into the fluid in the bottle, make a bubble of itself, squeeze back into the hose and travel back into the caliper. If that's how things worked, farting in the bathtub would be really weird and possibly painful.

30 minutes? It takes me that long to get the truck on jackstands and get the wheels off, lol.

I meant after you have it up on stands, wheels off, etc. It'll be at that point during a full brake job and that's when you bleed them. I'm guessing the Motive makes it a 15 minute job. It usually takes me right at 30 minutes doing it the way I described.

 

[gooffeyguy]

If that's how things worked, farting in the bathtub would be really weird and possibly painful.

Or enjoyable, depending how you roll

 

[iamdub]

Hey now, we all buy cool tools that we use once every blue moon, nothing wrong with it. I understand you have your method but every time I’ve bled brakes, it was a hassle. I don’t like a hassle. I like simple and for me, that is a pressure bleeder. It’s already paid for itself in my mind, just keeping me sane and calm while I did both trucks. And knowing that I can and will flush my brakes every couple years because it’s easy and not a hassle makes it pay for itself over and over because honestly, if it weren’t for the Motive, I’d dread that chore so much that I probably wouldn’t do it.

As I said, I'm not against such specific equipment. I certainly see the benefit. I just stated my personal method and reasons. I tend to be thrifty and am fine with a little more labor to keep $60 in my pocket rather than taking up shelf space.

Life altering? Come on man you’re killin me! Exactly what tool is life altering except maybe a pacemaker?

I meant the task of bleeding brakes taking 15 minutes longer, and the fact that the task is only performed every few years. I, personally, won't even think of the 15 minutes I could've saved. I'm also one of those that makes an oil change take hours.

 

[iamdub]

There is a tin cap they make like a bearing cap that pops in there. I seen it on 1A auto YT repair videos.

Here it is:

2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE 5.3L V8 Wheel Bearing Dust Cap | RockAuto

RockAuto ships auto parts and body parts from over 300 manufacturers to customers' doors worldwide, all at warehouse prices. Easy to use parts catalog.

www.rockauto.com

Don't encourage him to not cover his nuts!

 

[Rocket Man]

As I said, I'm not against such specific equipment. I certainly see the benefit. I just stated my personal method and reasons. I tend to be thrifty and am fine with a little more labor to keep $60 in my pocket rather than taking up shelf space.




I meant the task of bleeding brakes taking 15 minutes longer, and the fact that the task is only performed every few years. I, personally, won't even think of the 15 minutes I could've saved. I'm also one of those that makes an oil change take hours.

It’s not the time saved at all. It’s the hassle and to me always a questionable job being done. At least when I did it, thst is. I’m not saying the method you use is questionable, it just makes me feel it is. And it’s a hassle at least to me, which is always a stumbling block in my mind. If I feel something is a hassle, it keeps me from doing it unless I absolutely have to. It was always that way with me bleeding brakes. It always felt like a chore I didn’t want to do. So to go from that to it being enjoyable is priceless to me. I’ve spent money on tools that later I wished I didn’t didn’t but this definitely isn’t one of them. I have a feeling there’s a lot of guys like me that find bleeding brakes a real bi*ch.

 

[George B]

Much needed bath and polish.

 

[Rocket Man]

Much needed bath and polish.View attachment 371619View attachment 371620View attachment 371621

Is it just me or does that first picture look like the fender is all dented?

 

[George B]

Is it just me or does that first picture look like the fender is all dented?

Thats all my swirls from hand application of the polish.

 

[iamdub]

It’s not the time saved at all. It’s the hassle and to me always a questionable job being done. At least when I did it, thst is. I’m not saying the method you use is questionable, it just makes me feel it is. And it’s a hassle at least to me, which is always a stumbling block in my mind. If I feel something is a hassle, it keeps me from doing it unless I absolutely have to. It was always that way with me bleeding brakes. It always felt like a chore I didn’t want to do. So to go from that to it being enjoyable is priceless to me. I’ve spent money on tools that later I wished I didn’t didn’t but this definitely isn’t one of them. I have a feeling there’s a lot of guys like me that find bleeding brakes a real bi*ch.

And some of us are just plain gluttons for punishment.

 

[Rocket Man]

And some of us are just plain gluttons for punishment.

There’s plenty of other things in life if I feel the need for punishment.