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Brake bleeder question 200

posted by  Brickish on  Fri Nov 7 06:53 CST 2008
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My 1984 braking system was neglected and I've been having some trouble. Just replaced everything upfront, due to one broken bleed screw in each of the front calipers.

I'm preparing to finish (hopefully) everything this weekend and will have to fully bleed the system.

I'm worried about the rear caliper bleed screws and possibly breaking one of them in the process.

What's the best method? I used PB blaster on the fronts and also gave them a direct inward tap with a hammer prior to loosening and I still ended up breaking 2.

What have been some successful, fail safe ways to loosen the bleeder screws that were stubborn?

I've got a small torch at my disposal too, but worried about too much heat.

Ideas?

-Greg
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1984 245GL 96,600 original miles






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