dj55b

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Alright, so this was from about a year ago, when I installled the calipers, I kinda overtorqued one of the rear bleeder and snapped the top off, I just talked to the guy that rebuilt them and he said he's going to have to charge 100$ because he has to heat them up and basically rebuild the caliper again? is there no other way of taking those things off?

BTW, brake caliper braket rubbers can be bought for about5$ if anyone cares to know

MattG

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You cant get a pair of vice grips on the piece that is left?

trochoid

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Labor wise, removing the bleeder can be quite time consuming. However, heating the caliper to the point of needing a rebuild is overkill. Cheaper to simply replace it somedays.

David Dewhurst

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Drill the bleeder on center for an E Z out to fit if E Z outs go that small. The E Z out tightens as you turn counter clockwise & may allow you to turn the bleeder out. The darn bleeeder may be to small for a E Z out to work. It's been a while since I bought a rear caliper but it didn't cost anywhree near $100.00 US.

Kentetsu

Pretty sure you can get calipers for under 50 bucks from www.rockauto.com

But since the caliper was new when you broke the bleeder off, there shouldn't be any corrosion to deal with. Since that's the case, I would bet that an easy out would work...

dj55b

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I just went and bought another EZ out, I broke the last ones I had ... I just hope its small enough :S will report back in a few minutes.

dj55b

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sweetness ... well the EZ out wasn't really as small as I would of liked it, but it brought it up enough before stripping for me to get a hold of with a vise grip and take it out... now to go buy another bleeder and those rubber boots. thanks everyone.

rotor vs. piston

Where are you getting the boots?

dj55b

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which boots?

neektar

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The rubber ones? I wanna know!

dj55b

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If you're talking about the ones on the caliper braket, its from a local guy who does caliper and steering rebuilding. Once I drop by there (hopefully tomorrow) I will try to get a parts number or a source to buy it from .

dj55b

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alright, so i got that rubber boot out (if only i knew how easy it was to remove i would of removed them before getting them sandblasted you can just pull them off there's only a little lip on there. didn't know that) anyhow, they told me that they actaully don't have number for it, but they used fitted a few and got it done. So they installed those and gave me 2 new brake bleeders for 5$ So i guess just go to your local caliper builder and let them get one that fits in (actually they had to cut the ones they put on as they were a little too long) and thats probably the cheapest way to go. Sorry couldn't be more useful, the only thing they told me is that thye buy them and bulk and they test and try to make them fit, no real numbers or anything.