Frozen and/or broken brake bleed valves.

Anyone have any advice on how to free frozen (rusted)
bleed valves.
And if they brake, what is the easist, and cheapest
fix. I could always replace the caliper/wheel cylinder,
but that gets pricy, and 99 times out of a 100 you will
have to replace the hard line.

A coworkers daughter faces this problem. 19 year old
starting college in 3 weeks and her money situation
is tight.

The brakes work, no squeal, but the peddle is mushy.
She hasn't had any brake work done in the 3 years she
has owned the car.

Yea I know she reaps what she sows, but she is a nice,
and otherwise responsable kid. I am up to changing the
fluid and bleeding the brakes, but the valves scare me.

Terry

Thought i would have that problem too but the bleeders cracked loose on a 17
year old Honda.

> wrote in message
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> Anyone have any advice on how to free frozen (rusted)
> bleed valves.
> And if they brake, what is the easist, and cheapest
> fix. I could always replace the caliper/wheel cylinder,
> but that gets pricy, and 99 times out of a 100 you will
> have to replace the hard line.
>
> A coworkers daughter faces this problem. 19 year old
> starting college in 3 weeks and her money situation
> is tight.
>
> The brakes work, no squeal, but the peddle is mushy.
> She hasn't had any brake work done in the 3 years she
> has owned the car.
>
> Yea I know she reaps what she sows, but she is a nice,
> and otherwise responsable kid. I am up to changing the
> fluid and bleeding the brakes, but the valves scare me.
>
> Terry
>

Try some PB plaster or other such penetrating lubricant. Spray it on
and let it sit for half an hour, try to loosen it, repeat if necessary.
I used PB blaster to get off the lower exhaust manifold bolts on a 15
year-old toyota pickup... if it'll do that it should get your bleeder
valves loose.

wrote:
> Yea I know she reaps what she sows, but she is a nice,
> and otherwise responsable kid. I am up to changing the
> fluid and bleeding the brakes, but the valves scare me.

gentle tapping on it to loosen the rust, then remove. if it breaks? id
get an ezy-out tap and some new bleeder screws. its kinda a
reverse-thread drillbit thingie that bites the metal and helps it unscrew.