Brake bleeder removal kit...

[Buckgnarly]

Anyone have any experience with this kit? Does it work?...or at least work as well or better than my usual heat and/or weld nuts onto rusted *** bleeders? Every ******** brake job that entails bleeding is a rusted bleeder away from turning into a PITA.

BB007 - SUR&R

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[vwpieces]

No experience but that is interesting.

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

hmmm sound like more future damage to me.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

It's just a shake-n-break adapter and a bunch of bleeders. You can fill the bleeder with whatever you like, normally they're galled or rotted to nothing so I don't even bother. Cut down a cheap drill bit or two, and call napa or whoever for bleeders in two packs.

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Put a socket on the end, get rattling. I'd be curious how it works, and how easy it is to get the typical long barrel air hammer onto a bleeder.

 

[matt_i]

It sounds promising. If they get to that point I'm usually going to a new caliper due to the seal being rotted. But I've had a few in the mill before with LH drill bits once they get broken below the surface.

Wondering out loud since I got a newer vehicle if I should silicone-brake-grease dab the caliper screws, just some exterior protection you know...

 

[Buckgnarly]

Every new caliper gets the bleeder antiseized and every victory gets the bleeder antiseized. I am usually the idiot that gets to work on it again!
2nd, I was wondering about clearance as well. I might just get it for my home shop just to have the bleeder assortment on hand. NAPA delivers to school, but not to home shop and Sundays!

 

[lilredex]

Have had some luck with KD's Tap-A- Socket over the years.

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[vssjim]

I have this kit and a number of other SUR&R kits for all the systems and the rods you insert and peen over do help but the best part of the kit is the assortment of bleeder screws which is most of the cost anyway.

 

[joecon]

I have used it and it worked for me. It is better than heating them because you can't hurt the seals.

 

[bubinga]

It sounds promising. If they get to that point I'm usually going to a new caliper due to the seal being rotted. But I've had a few in the mill before with LH drill bits once they get broken below the surface.

Wondering out loud since I got a newer vehicle if I should silicone-brake-grease dab the caliper screws, just some exterior protection you know...

Why not anti seize?

 

[dnschmidt]

Every new caliper gets the bleeder antiseized and every victory gets the bleeder antiseized. I am usually the idiot that gets to work on it again!
2nd, I was wondering about clearance as well. I might just get it for my home shop just to have the bleeder assortment on hand. NAPA delivers to school, but not to home shop and Sundays!

Don't have any experience with that kit but I do with SUR&R and everything I've had of theirs gets the job done. In short THEY MAKE GOOD ****. Can't believe that this kit would be the exception to that rule. If I needed something like this I'd go for it.

 

[bubinga]

Why not anti seize?

Wondering out loud since I got a newer vehicle if I should silicone-brake-grease dab the caliper screws, just some exterior protection you know...

Oh, you meant without opening the bleeder?
That should help!

Why not anti seize?

 

[joe_padavano]

If your bleeder screw is that messed up, you need a new wheel cylinder/caliper anyway.

 

[ex-x-fire]

I use heat and cool method. Usually works pretty well.

 

[rustyzman]

I used a hex air hammer adapter to do this. Short barrel cheap HF air hammer so it would fit on most calipers in place. I did not fill the bleeder, just let the air hammer peen it down as it worked and replaced it afterward if needed. With a short socket, the tool impacted the top of the bleeder and that provided the vibration. Most every time, with patience and some PB Blaster, it worked.

It was a **** saver when we started doing brake fluid flushes on everything, because many times they would sell the service before we could look at it and assess the rust level (which is always high here). Usually if a bleeder broke it was more my problem to figure out how to fix it on my dime than it was for them to sell a replacement caliper to the customer after the fact (even if they quoted it first).

I don't recall the brand of mine, but any one will work. I think one of my tool guys got it as a side brand for like $30 at the time.

My Tray Maintenance guy set me up with a bleeder assortment kit so I could have replacements. I would also harvest every good bleeder I came across when replacing calipers, wheel cylinders and abs modules. Made for a nice kit.