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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:12 PM
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i was bleeding my brakes today and well sad to say the bleeder valve on my rear right wheel snapped off what should i do and how should i go about it thanks
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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Take off the caliper and drill it out. You can buy reverse drill bits, which is what Id try first.

Take the caliper off the car, soak it a few times with pb blaster, wd40, whatever. Let it sit for a while. Take a reverse drill bit and see if you can back it out. If not, drill it out with a normal bit, tap the hole and put a new bleeder valve in.
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:22 PM
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If you can't do that yourself, take it to a local machine show tomorrow.
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:29 PM
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What ever you do make sure to soak it in TONS of penitrateing oil, just don't get any on the pads/rotors. So you will have to take the caliper all the way off. Anyways the penitrateing oil will make a HUGE difference in how easy/hard it comes out.
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:46 PM
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hey guys thanks a lot for all your help lucky for me my dad runs a machine shop so thats the first place i am gonna go tomorrow and get it fixed.....damn i had a brand new can of penetrating oil too oh well you live you learn thanks a lot for your speedy responses i will inform you on if it works thanks a lot peace out
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 07:56 PM
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If it's not fixable for some reason (which would seem unlikely) new front 4 piston brakes are ~$120CDN from any autoparts store and I think the rears are less. Unless you are very lucky they will have to order one in for you.
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Old Sep 7, 2003 | 08:02 PM
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Originally posted by Snrub
If it's not fixable for some reason (which would seem unlikely) new front 4 piston brakes are ~$120CDN from any autoparts store and I think the rears are less. Unless you are very lucky they will have to order one in for you.
IIRC they are like 40$ from checkers and other similar stores in the USA.
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