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Brake fluid flush question
Today I was doing my every-2-year brake fluid flush on my BMW.
I had finished with the two back wheels, and was starting on the front passenger side wheel, when I sheared off the bleed screw on the caliper DAMMIT! So, now, there's no part of it above the caliper housing as it sheared evenly at about the housing level. What really annoys is that I was leaving for Florida in the morning in the car, but I wanted to finish the flush first. I'm gonna try to find a shop that'll get the thing out and put a new one in in the morning but may be unalbe to on such short notice. (I tried for a while doing this myself, but have finished with that attempt.) This may seem like a stupid question, but it's not something I've thought much about: If I use the car for a couple of weeks with the front lines un-flushed, would the fluid in those lines affect the nice clean fluid in the lines to the back wheels? IOW, if I flush the front lines in a couple of weeks, will it be as good as if I'd been able to do them all today? Thanks. --F |
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> Today I was doing my every-2-year brake fluid flush on my BMW. > I had finished with the two back wheels, and was starting on > the front passenger side wheel, when I sheared off the bleed > screw on the caliper DAMMIT! So, now, there's no part of > it above the caliper housing as it sheared evenly at about the > housing level. What really annoys is that I was leaving for > Florida in the morning in the car, but I wanted to finish the > flush first. I'm gonna try to find a shop that'll get the thing > out and put a new one in in the morning but may be unalbe > to on such short notice. (I tried for a while doing this myself, > but have finished with that attempt.) > > This may seem like a stupid question, but it's not something > I've thought much about: If I use the car for a couple of weeks > with the front lines un-flushed, would the fluid in those lines > affect the nice clean fluid in the lines to the back wheels? > IOW, if I flush the front lines in a couple of weeks, will it > be as good as if I'd been able to do them all today? Thanks. > > --F > I'd just drive the car and not worry about it, but when you do get the bleeder screw fixed might as well flush the system completely. Theoretically the only intermixing of the fluid would happen way up at the reservoir, but it doesn't take that much more time... just curious, does your BMW have those little rubber caps on the bleeders? I've found those to be quite useful; at least I've never owned a car that still had them that I had any problems bleeding. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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> > If a BMW has only one reservoir for the fluid, then it will eventually mix. > Crack the line at the caliper and bleed it that way. I would *not* attempt to bleed the brakes by opening the brake line at the banjo bolt. It's hard enough to get all the air out when done correctly. Why not just fix the broken fitting and do it the right way? -- -Fred W |
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Fred W wrote:
> > « Paul » wrote: > > > > > If a BMW has only one reservoir for the fluid, then it will eventually mix. > > Crack the line at the caliper and bleed it that way. > > I would *not* attempt to bleed the brakes by opening the brake line at > the banjo bolt. It's hard enough to get all the air out when done > correctly. Why not just fix the broken fitting and do it the right way? > > -- > -Fred W Success depends on the amount of common sense of the person(s) doing the bleeding. |
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why not try using an ez-out tool?
mho vƒe |
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a small drill bit, and a smaller easy-out tool might work.
mho vƒe |
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