Before I break this thing, how do you loosen a stuck caliper bleeder valve. I really need to flush my fluid!

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Try heat. Propane torch kinda heat, not acetylene/oxygen. And not RED hot heat

 

more than likely you'll be replacing the caliper after it breaks off....

 

Tought so. I was hoping there was a trick I haven't heard but oh well. I should probably be replacing it anyway since they're original...

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Autozone has rebuilt calipers for $10. Not worth the effort on working on the old one just replace it. The rotors are also $10 if you want to do them at the same time. Helped my braking situation out a lot. I went ahead and replaced the rubber dry rotted brake lines and wheel bearings all at the same time and finished the job for under $100 and felt that it was well spent bringing the car back into spec.

[This message has been edited by brharris27370 (edited December 12, 2001).]

 

$10 for rotors? I might be ordering them from AZ back east! They're $35 here. Calipers run about $20 or so.

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If you do break a bleed valve you can easily remove it with an "easy out" type screw extractor.

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