arghhhhh....bleeder valve is broken off
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arghhhhh....bleeder valve is broken off
went to do brake job on my 81 f-250......everything went smoothly until.......arghhhh....bleeder valve snapped off flush with calliper.....any advice.....and yes it is a little crusty ....(imagine a 4x4 that actually gets used)
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Drill it out.Could try a little heat and an easy-out,I personally don't like easy-outs though because they're even harder to drill if they break.Could replace caliper is next option.Did you open system to get air in?If not just let it ride for now.
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Had the same thing happen on my 81 f100 last year, I replaced the caliper, had a fear of getting metal chips in the system by drilling.
After I replace the caliper I made a cap to cover the bleeder and I'm glad I did because this year I had to do some brake bleeding and it came loose with no hassle.
After I replace the caliper I made a cap to cover the bleeder and I'm glad I did because this year I had to do some brake bleeding and it came loose with no hassle.
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In the future, you might consider keeping a can of PB Blaster handy for frozen nuts and bolts. It's an excellent penetrant. Whenever I need to mess with difficult fasteners I'll nail them the day before with PB Blaster and it helps a lot. Especially things like suspension or exhaust fasteners that are subjected to lots of corrosion and don't get removed very often.
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Rather then go through the time and expense, just bleed the brakes by cracking the line at the caliper. It's a lot cheaper to do it that way if they are not leaking. I just did it on my F-250 and it worked out well.
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Been my experience that if its rusted in enough to break off bleeder then the easy out will break too- save your easy out and time and just get a new caliper/cylinder- they arent expensive. If you ever have a line freeze up inside the fitting, I have had good luck with keeping it soaked with penetrating oil and just keep working the fitting back and forth a little- sometimes it takes a while, but it works for me about 90% of the time.
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