[Mgs] Speed Bleeders
Max Heim
mvheim at sonic.net
Sat May 23 20:57:40 MDT 2020
Sorry, I think this went sidewise. I wasn’t talking about SPEED bleeders, just stupidly sized bleed screws in general.
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Max Heim
mvheim at sonic.net
> On May 23, 2020, at 7:33 PM, dave via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Funny. I’ve been using them for years on a dozen different cars and always had good results.
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> From: Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Osborne, Paul via Mgs
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:25 PM
> To: Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net>
> Cc: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Speed Bleeders
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> When they first came out I tried a set, I threw them away for all the same reasons.
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> paul o
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>> On May 23, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Max Heim via Mgs <Mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:Mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>> They need to be tight enough not to leak while someone is pumping the brakes. You can’t bleed with a socket on it. The problem is that the crappy bleed screws that are inappropriately metric because they are made in Asia also have crappy threads, a crappy seat, and are made of crappy metal.
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 23, 2020, at 12:57 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>>> On both of mine the clutch and caliper nipples are the same hex size.
>>>
>>> Wheel cylinders are quite a bit smaller so not surprising the bleed nipples are smaller.
>>>
>>> How tight do you need them to be? If they round-off it's the screw that is the problem. Use a socket for initial loosening and final tightening, in my 3/8" drive socket set they go down to 4mm and 3/16".
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>>> PaulH.
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>>> I can see why — it is a uselessly tiny size. Appropriate for fine instruments, perhaps, but seriously undersized for anything that needs actual tightening, like a bleed screw.
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