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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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I installed the Napa "Made in China" master cylinder last night. I had always thought that Corvette calipers all had two bleeders. One of my front calipers (I haven't gotten to the other side yet) only had one bleeder on the inside. There's not even a boss for the outside bleeder. The caliper does say "Delco" on the side. Has anyone else seen one of these? Are there any inherent problems with these (i.e. harder to bleed, etc.)?
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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Two on the back calipers, a single on the fronts.
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Both my 69 and 72 have a single bleeder on the front, and 3 bleeders on the rear calipers.

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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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Two on the back calipers, a single on the fronts.

same on my 79.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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Clue #1 - "Made in China" - are these the lead ones??

Are you asking about the master cylinder bleeders or the calipers? If calipers - sounds like you got front ones.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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Ok, I guess the calipers are original. Thanks guys.
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Originally Posted by rdrunnur
Both my 69 and 72 have a single bleeder on the front, and 3 bleeders on the rear calipers.

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There should only be 2 - at the top of each caliper half. The "bottom" hole should have a plug. Next time you are bleeding, put plugs in and save the bleeders for when you break one!
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Maybe I got lucky, my two rear calipers have three bleeders each. Mutants of the braking world I suppose.
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Originally Posted by pws69
There should only be 2 - at the top of each caliper half. The "bottom" hole should have a plug. Next time you are bleeding, put plugs in and save the bleeders for when you break one!
I wondered the same thing. But my rear Delco original's had 3 on my 69, I checked my 72 and found the same, and the replacement calipers from SSBC also had 3....

Good point on the plug though....

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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
Maybe I got lucky, my two rear calipers have three bleeders each. Mutants of the braking world I suppose.
Generic remanufactured calipers frequently come with a bleeder screw where a screw in plug was installed orignaly by GM. They have a big box of replacement bleeder screws on hand and no new replacement plugs so they use what they have. No functional difference.

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