Any tips on how to install speed bleeders?
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Drifting
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From: Daly City, CA
Any tips on how to install speed bleeders?
I just got them and I thought that they would come with some kind of instractions, but no nothing like that.
So any tips on how to install them would be nice.
Thanks!
So any tips on how to install them would be nice.
Thanks!
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Re: Any tips on how to install speed bleeders? (SFYellow)
1. Use a 10mm wrench to loosen the old bleeder valve.
2. Remove the old valve by hand.
3. Hand-thread the new valve in place
4. Bleed the caliper
5. Tighten using a 10mm wrench (or socket - my bleeders are partially rounded and can only be removed with a deep-throat 10mm socket).
Order is RR-LR-RF-LF, or in order of distance from the reservoir.
2. Remove the old valve by hand.
3. Hand-thread the new valve in place
4. Bleed the caliper
5. Tighten using a 10mm wrench (or socket - my bleeders are partially rounded and can only be removed with a deep-throat 10mm socket).
Order is RR-LR-RF-LF, or in order of distance from the reservoir.
Drifting
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From: Corpus Christi, TX
Re: Any tips on how to install speed bleeders? (SFYellow)
The instructions I received said to beware of overtightening as this may strip the threads off the bleeder valves (better than stripping the threads out of the caliper).
I found that I still had to tighten them down pretty well to keep from getting a little leakage when the fluid gets hot.
Matt
I found that I still had to tighten them down pretty well to keep from getting a little leakage when the fluid gets hot.
Matt
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Re: Any tips on how to install speed bleeders? (MJM)
Mine are 3/8 stock as it was cheaper than 10 MM stock so check which one you have. Also keep the stock ones in the car as spares incase :eek: They work good :chevy
