can you bleed the rear drum brakes without that special tool you need, I have 1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS. If you can what can I use instead?

 

Not sure about "special tool"; I'm kinda a n00b, only been doing this stuff since the 60s, so I've got LOTS left to learn; but all I've ever used, was a box-end wrench or a ¼" drive socket, as appropriate.

I'm thinking the socket would work better for those... 10mm if memory serves but I could easily be wrong.

 

Yeah no special tools. You bleed them just like the fronts. I used to use the box end wrench, and a piece of clear tubing stuck into the top of an empty soda bottle.

Its a piece of cake...UNLESS the bleeders are rusted to crap and strip or break on you. THen its a bit of a PITA. Every time that happened to me on a car I just replaced the wheel cylinder as they are cheap and easy to install.

J.

 

ok thank you guys.

 

Hello to all!!

This is my first 92 RS and I just ran into the same issue!

I think I understand the question muttracing is asking.

So here goes, the bleeder screw on the back side of the brake cylinder is recessed into the cylinder! It does not sit proud as do the bleede's on brake calipers. On top of that it's too far into the cylinder to get a box or open end wrench on it for bleeding. The only way to get to it is with a socket!

BTW a 5/16" x 1/4" socket should fit just fine, not sure about the 10mm...

So you can either have a buddy pump the breaks and while you use your 5/16 x 1/4 or metric equivalent socket to bleed the system and be prepared to get fluid all over the place! There is no way that I know of to put a tube on the bleeder screw to capture the brake fluid! Terrific engineering! Repeat as necessary, pump/bleed....etc., etc.. And make sure you keep the master cylinder reservoir topped off at all times!

As I'm also still learning, perhaps someone here can answer this for me, does someone/anyone make a longer bleeder screw for this?

Thanks,
Ron

 

I seem to remember them being kind of tough. One side i was able to get an offset box end wrench on it. There is probably a "bleeder wrench" somewhere haha. The other side was a no go for some reason.

Anyway, the way I solved it was to weld a piece of rod to the correct socket, and passed the tube through the socket end. I think I drilled out the square end too to let the hose go through.

If you cant weld, you could do the same thing with a spare socket and a pair of locking pliers.

The business end of the bleeder is the taper tip, and the thread pitch. If you match those up, any bleeder should work.

Is this what yours looks like?



J.

 

J,

Yep that's it... Thanks for the socket suggestion. I'll make one today....

Ron