I am new to the DE scene and recognize the importance of bleeding the brakes. I need to be a one man tool to help with the process.

Mityvac or Motive. They seem to be different approaches -- push v pull -- and I have read good things about the Motive, but the Mityvac seems to be less back and forth between the master cylinder and the calipers.

Does anyone have a better list of pros/cons of each tool for the job? Also, is one more versitile than the other?

Thanks for help on the newbie question.

 

I have both... for me the motive works much better for bleeding brakes and hydraulic systems. The vac works well for testing DV and other vacuum devices.

 

I have a Mityvac for oil changes that I do on whatever cars I may own that aren't dry sump...

Works very well I must say.

 

Motive!

 

I have both ... Motive is the way to go !

 

Thanks for advice. bought motive will use next week after 4 days of DE at WGI.

I have read that it's less messy to use the motive dry and just make sure you don't let the master run dry. Agreed?

 

I use the motive with two cans of Motul600 and two bleed cans per caliper. It goes fast!

When i am done I rinse the motive with cheap dot4 and throw it into a plastic bag till the next time. Bag atleast the pressure cap to keep dirt out between uses!

Tom

 

100% Motive..