@?£*& bleed screws

[mipster]

I tried to bleed the front brakes on the wife's Zx lastnight.
Put it up on stands and whipped the wheels off.
problem 1: I couldn't find the nearside bleed screw; got out the haynes manual - no use of course.
problem 2: I found the screw on the offside only - the nearside had been sheared by your friendly neighbourhood citroen dealer.
problem 3: remaing screw seized.
I started with tapping it with a hammer and soaking it in liquid wrench for 2 hours.
Still didn't budge - but I wasn't using much force (sheared them before you see).
So I applied as much heat as I dared and tried again - rounded it off.
So I finally grabbed hold of the grips and sheared it off.
Who invented bleed screws? There must be a better way.
mipster

[JohnD]

Yes! they can be b******s. Use the search button and you'll find lots of advice.

[VisaGTi16v]

heh tell me about it, a standard visa gti has 1 bleed screw, my zx has 4 maybe 5!!

[ohms69]

I bought some cheap 7mm sockets from a car boot, and gently tapped them onto the bleed screws. As the bleed screw are 8mm this ensures a tight firt!! Then simply wound them out with my wrench. Knackered the socket and bleed screws, but made the job a piece of cake!![;)]

[zorgman]

if you do snap any of the bleed screws off dont muck about trying to fix it just get a banjo bolt with the bleed nipple built in i use them all the time on bikes as they always snap off i pay £3.50 for them