Reply to "Rebuilding stock front calipers"

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When I need to work on stock calipers (I avoid it if at all possible), I use a 3/8" socket on a 1/4"-drive breaker bar! Once the bleeder moves, it can be played with using an open-end wrench, but if it's stuck, you'll just round off the hexes with an open-end wrench.

BTW, some owners do not have the concept of preventive maintenance well understood. I had one rear caliper on a friend's car that would not bleed. So I removed the bleeder screw entirely, then stood on the brake pedal... no fluid came out. I wound up drilling out the passage in the caliper, AND in the bleeder screw. Must have been decades since anyone tried to bleed that caliper. The varnish was like JB-weld!

9/18/1712:29 PM

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