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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 |
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Thought i would have that problem too but the bleeders cracked loose on a 17
year old Honda. > wrote in message oups.com... > 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 > |
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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. |
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