Re: Help, Broken Bleeder Screw

["\"Mr. Mike\" Passaretti" <passaretti@sol.med.ge.com>]

>>>>> "Don" == Don J Howard <dhoward@jht.com> writes:

    Don> Mike the threads are not used to "seal" the hydraulic
    Don> system, the pressures are way to high for that.
    Don> Ditch the teflon tape.  The "ball bearing" of your
    Don> subaru is built into the standard bleeder, that is
    Don> what provides the seal.

Actually I was referring to when the bleeder is cracked to
bleed the brakes, you get seepage with the SpeedBleeders
(little check-valve toys that replace the regular bleeders to
make bleeding easier) unless you use teflon tape on the
threads.
                                                        -MM