Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 14:03:25 -0400
Reply-To: Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Questions about brake bleeding
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Thanks dan I’ll give it a go. Was thinking of trying that it’s the bleeder
nut that’s rounded off. I was using my torque wrench with the Irwin bolt
extractor and my wrench was clicking at 15 ft lbs the kid must have put
that bleeder nipple on about 25 30 ft lbs.
On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 1:59 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> round off bleeder or nut? try this...
> take a a sharp flat file and file 2 opposite sides of the bleeder/nut...
> take a wrench to match... if it's too tight file some more...
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 10:53 AM Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks dan. Bleeding was going great (left the screen in)till I got to the
>> left caliper and the kid that installed the bleeder screw tightened the
>> thing down an ungodly amount and of course it rounded off as I was trying
>> to remove it. Now I’m in a real pickle. Anyone have any advice on how to
>> get the darn thing out of there once rounded? I really don’t wanna source
>> a
>> new part of this caliper. It’s seriously frozen theses calipers are only 6
>> years old Never driven in winter so I know it’s not rusted on.
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 12:49 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > HI Stuart.
>> >
>> > On 4/11/17, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > .... If you have to add more when you crack the cap you'll bubble
>> > > air into the fluid remaining and will need to wait several hours or
>> toss
>> > it.
>> >
>> > I'm not familiar with the Motive pressure bleeder.
>> >
>> > re: "add more". Are you referring to refilling the Motive tool and not
>> > in regards to adding more fluid into the master cylinder reservoir?
>> > i.e. when cracking the cap on the Motive, air bubbles get introduced
>> > into brake fluid in the Motive tool?
>> >
>> > I use a home made "air" pressure bleeder. I've not noticed air bubbles
>> > created in the master cylinder reservoir when topping it up during the
>> > bleeding process.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Neil.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Neil n
>> >
>> > VE7TBN
>> >
>> > 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt
>> >
>> > 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8
>> >
>> > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
>> >
>>
>
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