Hi I have a 1994 ford f250 that has been off the road for a while. I got it running but I need to bleed the brakes and the bleeder screws are broken off in the calipers. I can buy a repair kit which includes a special fitting you install after drilling it out and tapping new threads in the whole. The fitting is specially made to house a bleeder screw. Do these work? Has anyone used these successfully? What size would I need for my truck? I know I should just buy new calipers or try an easy out so please don't advise me to do that. I can't afford new calipers and if an easyout breaks off in the hole then I can't drill it out.

Thanks
Ken

 

At this point, you may as well remove them. No point in making the job worse by having them still installed.

You need heat and penetrating oil. I would start by heating the broken threaded area until you know its HOT. Then using the easy out, try to slowly move it out. A little goes a long ways and you need to go slow.

Either way, be extremely careful with brake fluid and a torch, neither mix well!!

 

Just buy new calipers and quit screwing around and wasting time/money

 

I tried putting in those threaded inserts and they didn't work worth a ****. You want to repair this right as it holds in a very important fluid for very important parts.

 

Buy new or if you need to save the $, bleed them by loosening the banjo bolts. Once you get as much air as you can out, remove the caliper and hold it so the banjo bolt is the highest point and let it gravity bleed. Reinstall and done.

 

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i know what it's like to count pennies, but you are going to lay out money for this kit, and quite possibly still wind up with 1 (or 2) calipers that may be seized or leaking.

try bashbys method or, try to find an extra days work somewhere and buy new. you are going to spend a day jerking around with this repair kit anyway and still wind up with old calipers at best.

 

Thanks, I will try bashys method but what are the banjo bolts?

 

They hold the flex line to the caliper.