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broken bleeder



I went through this with 2 front calipers on my brother's GTI and it
taught me a valuable lesson - broken bleeders suck! He had to buy two new
calipers which were not cheap.

The next time I bled my brakes I bought all new bleeder valves and
replaced them on all four calipers. If my records are correct, the PN for
both front and rear was 113 615 273A (less than $1 each).

They're shiny new, unrusted and I don't cringe every time I have to put a
wrench on them. Cheap insurance.

-Toby

On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Ken B wrote:

> I am going to try an easy-out.  In my situation, I had been bleeding that
> "corner" of my car and the sides were so badly rounded off that I was using
> a little vice grips to open and close the valve.  Well, I felt that tell
> tale (the wrench turned but I dont thing the bleeder turned).  Sure enough
> it brok off right at the caliper. Im thinking that it is not in there too
> hard as I had just been opening and closing it a minute before.  Probly any
> sharp/reverse threaded tool that can fit down inside the bleeder should
> unscrew it.
> BTW maybe this can start a new thread....aren't there some different kinds
> of bleeder screws that work differently that this is less likely to be a
> problem.
> Ken
> 1979 Scirocco 16V -  Almost done
> 81 Deisel P/U - Rescued from neglegent PO
> VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <a2-16v-list@a2-16v.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:56 PM
> Subject: broken bleeder
>
>
> > Any tips on removing? Its a front on my 87 16V.
> > John
> >
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