Wasted $150 on a hydraulic brake bleed kit that was total junk

Bought some no-name bleed kit off Amazon for my Shimano XT brakes and it leaked everywhere, made a mess and still left air in the line. Anyone else blow money on cheap tools that just made the job harder?

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taylor_miller102mo ago

Bought the same kind of kit once. Total waste. The plastic plunger on mine cracked on the second squeeze. Ended up just grabbing a Park Tool bleed cup and a syringe from the auto parts store. Works great now. Sometimes you gotta pay a little more for the stuff that actually seals right.

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victor_jones992mo ago

Did you have trouble getting the Park Tool cup to seal on your lever, or was it pretty much plug and play?

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