zeekstr

Started to bleed my brakes today. Right rear OK. Left rear...bleeder screw broke
What can I do now? There is a small portion of the screw showing.

cammedlx

Drill it then use an ez out to remove it..It would be a very good idea to start soaking the bleader with PB or something of the same nature.And if you have a mini propane torch a little bit of heat around the bleader before you try to remove it would also help out too..Just don't get close to the pistion with the heat.Or you could also buy another caliper.

rebelcowboy

just go get a new wheel cylinder for it.

cammedlx

HAHAHAHA...For some reason i was thinking it was rear disc brakes"Own a 95".Yeah man wheel cylinder's are dirt cheap..Too me that would'nt even be worth messing with.

FORD TOUGH

Get a new wheel cylinder. It would not hurt to go ahead and get both wheel cylinders.

Timspony

solved ^^^^

cammedlx

^^^^post *****...I've been here for 4 yrs longer and you already have almost as many post as i do..Damnit man you've been busy.

HACKGT350

drilling bleeder screws out is a very bad idea. they are tapered at the bottom for a reason and if you hit that with a drill you have just screwed yourself and have to replace it anyway. its not worth your troubles to try and drill it out, wheel cylinders are only like 5 bucks a piece.

cammedlx

Seems like you've never had to do this with a caliper..You would be suprised how many pepole don't want to buy a whole caliper just because the bleeder broke.And you don't drill all the way through,just enough for the ez out get a good grip is all and like i mentioned earlier wheel cylinders are just too damn cheap to even attempt this on.

mjr46

I have but when you figure cost of time to do it and uncertainty of if it'll come out, often it benifits the customer to purchase a new one, cause if it's rusted in place often I have found the rest of the caliper is not in the best of shape, and often times it is so rusted in place it has broke my easy outs and in the end I've lost 30 min phucking with something that didn't benifit anyone and on top of that I have lost time which owning a shop is money......bottom line is I do what I can when I can for a customer....it doesn't always play out as simple as simply pop it out and put a new one in