So I'm really lazy and hate bleeding my brakes but they're spungy and it needs to get done. So I'm looking to buy some Speed Bleeders (http://www.speedbleeder.com/). However they don't have a size listing for the Accent. I've found regular bleeder kits for the Accent (2005) online and they list the screws as M10 x 1 x 35mm or M10 x 1 x 33mm. Does anyone have a spare caliper or wheel cylinder around with the bleeder in it who knows how to measure that sort of thing?

 

Bleed your stinking brakes. It's not that hard and doesn't take that long, especially if you have extra fluid and a bucket to dump the old into.

 

But I need an extra person to do that and you have to constantly tighten and loosen them every time. It takes forever. And I plan to do it more regularly over the summer with lapping days and auto-x.

 

I've never done it, but would like to know how. Do you have, or can you find a good DIY for the Tiburon?

Brakes are always something I've never wanted to mess with, but would really like to know how to do this.

 

Bleeding your brakes is pretty easy, it's just really annoying. And it's generally the same for every car, depending on which side of the engine bay the master cylinder is on. And you need help from a buddy.



You start from the furthest tire from the master cylinder and work your way to the closest. So in my case: right rear, left rear, right front, left front (from the driver's perspective). So you jack up the car and remove the wheels in that order, and then what you do is pump the break 5-10 times until it's really stiff, hold it firmly down, have a friend loosen the bleeder screw and it will start spurting fluid/gunk/air and then tighten the screw again once it stops. Dont take your foot off the brake pedal until the screw is tight again or you have to start ALL OVER (THE ANNOYING PART). You repeat this process maybe 5-20 times per wheel, all the while making sure to top up the brake fluid reservoir when needed.



Speed Bleeders eliminate the need to have a friend constantly tighten and loosen the screw just to let out maybe an ounce of fluid.



There's also the gravity bleed, but that can require jacking the car up on a weird/unsafe angle so the brake reservoir is sufficiently higher than the brakes to let it all run out continuously.

 

Hydraulic brakes are a *very simple* system. Google will give you directions for someone else's car which will apply directly to your own because they are pretty much all basically the same.



And you should almost-never have to bleed your brakes on a street car unless you replace a component in the hydraulics.

 

I bought a 1 person brake bleeding tool from Kragen awhile back for like $5. It acts just like those speed bleeders and I was able to easily bleed my brakes by myself. You just need to make sure it doesn't fall off the bleeder valve or you will suck air and have to start over.