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Oct 22, 2006 | 02:57 AM

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Replacing bleed nipple screw question...

So today a few friends and I did a complete brake install on my car. Everything went smoothly until it was time to bleed the driver side rear caliper. It was very hard to open and close the bleed screw. We were able to bleed it a bit, but we ended up rounding it off pretty good. It was rusted a bit. I could probably end up unscrewing it one or two more times, but that is it.

So my question is, I guess Autozone has the bleed screw for $9.50 or something close to that. Does the nipple bleed screw just unscrew and I replace it with a new one? Is it that simple? Do I need to rebleed all four calipers or just the driver side rear?

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Oct 22, 2006 | 05:31 AM

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It's that soimple.

I would definitely give that caliper a sanity bleed to make sure no air was in the caliper

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Oct 22, 2006 | 07:06 AM

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If your paying $9.50 for 1 screw they are screwing you. I'd get a set of Solo Bleeders. Just about every sponsor has them for about $10.

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Oct 22, 2006 | 11:54 AM

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Would I have to bleed all four corners or just the caliper I replace the bleed screw on?

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Oct 24, 2006 | 12:45 PM

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Well you should bleed all 4 if you haven't done it in a while. Otherwise just replace the screw and bleed it a little to make sure there is no air.

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