Re: [tech] Help! Front brakes

[Matthew Yip <mgyip@yahoo.com>]

--- mark hausler <greenchester@scirocco.zzn.com> wrote:
> 
> I am finishing up my 'rocco after being out of service for a month and I am
> bleeding my brakes when one of the front bleeder screws shears off. How do I
> fix this? 

Buy a new caliper.  It's usually more effort to remove the broken bleeder
screw than it's worth to purchase a new caliper.  The next time you (or
anyone) bleeds brakes on a car that's a bit crusty, carefully saturate the
bleeder screws with WD40 or similar for a few days (once or twice a day) prior
to the actual work.  It won't save all the frozen bleeder screws but it'll
save most.  
===
Matthew Yip
mgyip@yahoo.com

'87 GTi 0v
'88 M5
'99 F350
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