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<p>Are you sure it is weeping? Could it be left-over fluid from your
recent bleed? <br>
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<p>Clean them off then have your trusted assistant press & hold
the brake pedal down while you watch the fittings. And brake
bleeders don't need excessive torque to close them - actually that
is more likely to damage them. The seal is made when then tapered
ends are clamped together. <br>
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<p>Are any of these fittings sealed by copper washers? IME, many of
the copper washers I buy are not properly annealed. (perhaps the
process of stamping them out of copper sheets tends to work harden
them?) Soften them by heating to dull red and then let them cool.
Polish off any burrs with very fine sandpaper laid on a flat
surface. <br>
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Eric Russell<br>
Mebane, NC <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/17/2018 1:04 PM, john niolon
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initial"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f5f5ff">did my
initial brake bleed a couple of weeks ago on my truck
project and all seemed fine... till yesterday. I've
noticed a small drop of brake fluid on two or three
couplings or fittings in the lines. Not enough to drip
down on the floor... but it seems the fittings are
'weeping' ever so slightly (not as bad as a millennium
child bawling..but it shouldn't do that I don't think) .
My worse estimate is that I've got a bad flare at that
fitting... everything is at the 'it's gonna strip
something if you continue...' tightness... what do you
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