| Re: [GMCnet] Brake Bleeding 101 [message #295475 is a reply to message #295436] |
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Matt Colie
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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Please, if you live some that has any corrosion issues or might ever visit someplace that has corrosion as a remote possibility, either wrap the bleed screws with teflon tape or coat them with a teflon filled pipe thread sealant. If the rubber bleeder caps are missing or old, replace them.
If you do this, you will find that the next time you need to bleed the brake system, you can actually loosen and use the bleeders.
Sealing the bleeder threads also keeps the brake fluid from getting into the threads and helping them corrode. The pipe sealant will work too, but teflon tape works better (it just wasn't my idea).
If you are not working with an old iron reservoir, vacuum bleeding works even better with the bleeder threads sealed.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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