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Re: Speed Bleeders

To: "Fournier, Paul H." <Paul.Fournier@alcoa.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Speed Bleeders
From: m.brouillette@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:13:05 +0000
Strange, they worked fine on my car.

59 BT7


> I found the Speed Bleeder P/N SB3824 at a couple of local supply houses.  
>They 
> worked fine on the rear brake cylinders and the clutch slave.  But they did 
>not 
> work on the front brakes.  They are (at an overall length of 1.19" according 
>to 
> the blister pack) too short.  You can not get a wrench on them to seat them 
> properly due to the recessed area of the caliper housing.  Looking at the 
>Speed 
> Bleeder site (http://www.speedbleeder.com/size.htm), it would appear that P/N 
> SB3824L (at 1.53" long) would be in order for the front calipers.  But, alas, 
> the local parts houses do not stock them.
> 
> Cheers.
> Paul, 62 BT7-II, Knoxville, TN




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