and so my front brake bleeders finaly seized, i really don't want to vice grip it

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Old 08-12-2005, 08:53 AM
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No tool kit should be without those. Flare wrenches are a necessity.
Old 08-12-2005, 09:03 AM
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Where's your 7mm wrench for the older bleeders? :-P
Old 08-12-2005, 09:27 AM
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hehe, I break it free with a 6-sided socket then use a flare wrench =)
Old 08-12-2005, 11:57 AM
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Default "you" may not have anything that small but 4/5mm while INCREDIBLY unlikely is available

and since your statement kinda gives away that you dont really know the size and would also indicate you have not tried the appropriately sized or correct wrench to the part. Try the right tool and it may not even be seized but more aptly too tight for whatever it is you are attempting to use to break the bleeder free without destroying it.

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Old 08-12-2005, 11:58 AM
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In my loose wrenches with my early mid-60's BMW brake/ignition tools.
Old 08-12-2005, 12:12 PM
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Default you're a good man Charlie Brown! And never a ruined bleeder I'll bet...

unless they were ruined/rounded before you got the car. Super cheap/easy to replace at the first bleeding session. I keep a 15 year old plastic bag of 50 around which cost less than $10 when I bought them from NAPA for just those instances.
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i can't fit any sockets over it, ones i can fit is too big
Old 08-12-2005, 12:57 PM
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Default then they are destroyed from a previous attempt. Get those out by any means necessary...

and go spend $3-$4 on new replacements so this never happens again.
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Default Re: and so my front brake bleeders finaly seized, i really don't want to vice grip it

Buy some PB Blaster at NAPA. This stuff works well. Spray it on the bleeder threads and leave it over night. Put your wrench on and tap it with a hammer lightly!

Next stop heat.....

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