Whats the word on these things snapping off if you reaf on em too hard?..and the consequences if you break them...?

They are seized good and tight...im turning them as hard as I think I safely can without snapping them...

 

Front or rear?

You could drown them in PB Blaster and give it a day or two or just use a small blow torch and apply a little heat.

If you break them off you'll probably have get new wheel cylinders if it's the rear, possibly new calipers if it's the front, not sure what the front bleeder is actually part of.....

 

Front bleeder is in the body of the caliper. If they break could try an easy-out to remove it. Worst case will need new wheel cylinders (rear) or calipers (front).

Soaking them for a few days is good also.

 

All 4 actually..lol... though the rear 2 are worse looking than the fronts.

As Kejobe said, yes, fronts are on the calipers.

I will try soaking in some PB Blaster, thank you!

 

i wouldn't waste my time on them if you break a bleeder screw. if they are to rusted and no amount of penetrating oil works and you snap them off then just replace the calipers and wheels cylinder. they are cheap and it give you a chance to upgrade.

 

+1....... And using heat will most likely destroy the cups and seals anyway.

 

Provided he has the wheel cylinder or caliper removed from the vehicle; otherwise, that brake fluid is going to boil and "BOOM", the weakest point is going to give.

This is why, when I install new cylinders/calipers or refurbish either that I put a light coat of anti-seize on the bleeder valve before installation.

 

Ill throw in my knowledge...

When i use to work in a garage i had some brakes i had to bleed and they were rusted solid....penetrating oil did squat....heating it did squat.....so i tried this....heated it up then smothered it with water to cool it down...repeated this three times and a pair of vicegrips spun them right out no problem....

Hope that helps

 

just replace them, I just went thru this a few days ago.

I did all the tricks and still snapped the bleeder screw on a caliper

You can get new calipers for $17 at auto zone and wheel cylinders for the rear for $9.00 each. well worth it, the time you save is huge.

also while I was "heating" up the frt caliper bleeder screw I managed to damage the rubber brake line, so that cost me another $20

 

Where's that "hit it with an axe" photo when you need it?

I would replace if they were on mine, and used the 1 ton GM rear cylinders. Worked wonders on my braking.