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Re: Help, Broken Bleeder Screw

To: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Help, Broken Bleeder Screw
From: "\"Mr. Mike\" Passaretti" <passaretti@sol.med.ge.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:31:22 -0600
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199803102324.KAA02996@sam.comms.unsw.EDU.AU>

>>>>> "Allen" == Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au> writes:

    Allen> And, as for the ball bearing trick, I've come
    Allen> across bleeder valves that were designed this
    Allen> way. (Can't remember if it was Mazda, Toyota, Fiat,
    Allen> Triumph, or Pontiac, though.)

My old Subahu had ball bearings in the bleeders (cupped bolt,
floating ball bearing, round hole).  I dropped one once.  Took
me 20 minutes to find the dang thing.  They _did_ bleed easier
than any other car I've ever worked on.  Kinda a built-in
check valve kinda thing.  I've got the SpeedBleeders on Sonja
now.  Cool, but use the Teflon tape.  The threads don't seal
all that well, even only a 1/4 turn out.
                                                        -MM



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