Re: Suggestions on keeping bleeder screws from seizing up
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Re: Suggestions on keeping bleeder screws from seizing up



Sometimes someone breaks one and blames it on them being seized. To help get them loose without breaking them, we need to try to apply the torque in a circle instead of pulling to one side. To accomplish this, use a little 1/4 inch T handle as a Craftsman or Snap on with a short extension and a 1/4 inch X 1/4 drive 6 point socket. Only use a six point socket. When you apply the counterclockwise pressure evenly with the T handle, they will come loose. If this is a car which has sat for like 20 years, then apply some "Knock 'er Loose" and bump the end lightly several times over the course of a day or two if it does not let go after first using the T handle with light pressure. I have not broken one yet, and I have done many OLD ones.
When you reinstall, you can put some anti seize compound ON THE THREADS only and that will not get in the fluid. It will be outside of the sealing surface of the bleeder. It only takes a very tiny amount on the threads of any bolt to take effect. If you do use an anti seize compound, you might consider nickel instead of copper for longevity in this case.
Your AMC Friend,
Gary Walker, Owner of some old AMC stuff


----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Haas" <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: Suggestions on keeping bleeder screws from seizing up



I'm this close (imagine me holding my index finger and thumb close together) from fixing the brakes on the 67 American wagon I picked up just before Christmas and I want to avoid a problem I've had with my 68 American - frozen bleeder screws. The big problem with them (from what I was told when the last one broke when the master cylinder was being changed out) is that the screws are only 1/4" so any stubbornness at all just about guarantees that they'll snap off. Any suggestions on what I can do to them to reduce the likely hood of them seizing on me? I've though of plain on anti-seize compound but I'm not sure how well that reacts with brake fluid.

Thanks,

Matt

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1966 Rambler Rebel
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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