Front caliper bleeder valves rounded off
11-10-2004, 08:51 PM
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Originally posted by Geico266
If you have to do all that... heat, trans fluid, beat them with a hammer, tighten then, then loosen them..... can you imagine what the pistons look like? Just replace them and have done with it! Rebuilt calipers are cheap!
If you have to do all that... heat, trans fluid, beat them with a hammer, tighten then, then loosen them..... can you imagine what the pistons look like? Just replace them and have done with it! Rebuilt calipers are cheap!
11-10-2004, 09:56 PM
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Originally posted by Dufrain
Probably since the fluid he flushed out looks like tar and the bleeders are stuck bad means the fluid has been in there forever, drawing moisture .Thats the reason the fluid is black so the pistons are probably corroded and seizing up so they probably need rebuit or replaced.It wouldnt hurt to replace the wheel cylinders to,those aluminum pistons back there really like to corrode.Maybe a bigger gm wheel cylinder upgrade
Probably since the fluid he flushed out looks like tar and the bleeders are stuck bad means the fluid has been in there forever, drawing moisture .Thats the reason the fluid is black so the pistons are probably corroded and seizing up so they probably need rebuit or replaced.It wouldnt hurt to replace the wheel cylinders to,those aluminum pistons back there really like to corrode.Maybe a bigger gm wheel cylinder upgrade
point taken. i agree
11-11-2004, 08:18 PM
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Well, the first tip of locking the vise grips down and turning the screw while tapping worked. Thanks a lot. I put new bleeder screws in and all is well now.
Thanks for all of the suggestions. I think time has just been hard on the brass screws, they were not that badly corroded. It just started off rounded off and tight.
thanks for the help,
Chris
Thanks for all of the suggestions. I think time has just been hard on the brass screws, they were not that badly corroded. It just started off rounded off and tight.
thanks for the help,
Chris
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