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quality auto parts here we have the
driver's side rear brake caliper that we
removed from our Chevy Suburban and
unfortunately for us when we went to
bleed our brakes we had a frozen bleeder
screw that snapped off when this happens
you have to replace your caliper if you
can't get this out you can't bleed your
brakes
if you can't bleed your brakes then you
aren't stopping safely and there's
really no point in having this caliper
on there at all so we have the driver's
side caliper off of our vehicle and in
the vise to show you a few methods to
try to remove this screw so you don't
snap it off you need to replace your
caliper first and foremost with any
frozen piece of hardware is penetrating
oil just use whatever your favorite
stuff is everybody's got something they
like now ours already started rounding
off a little bit unfortunately but it is
still a 10 millimeter so once the
penetrating oil is on there we'll try to
work it back and forth so the first
method I like to try is with a breaker
bar a little breaker bar you can use a
ratchet but it's a little little
annoying to switch back and forth all
the time so with a breaker bar and a 10
millimeter socket your goal is to crack
it loose even just a little bit helps
and then tighten it up a little work it
off a little
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and tighten it up a little and if it
moves at all and you take your time with
this keep applying penetrating oil and
keep moving it back and forth
you'll help clear the rust and corrosion
from the threads hopefully that'll get
it to spin off for you
ours doesn't look like it's gonna work
that way so we're gonna have to try some
more advanced techniques now another
thing you can do for heavy heavy
corrosion like we have here just take a
file or a wire brush just get all the
junk you can out from the bottom because
this just means they're less corrosion
and contaminants you're gonna have to
fight through here this is an aluminum
caliper with a steel bleeder screw in it
dissimilar metals tend to get stuck
together pretty bad of course once we
get all that rust and corrosion out of
there never hurts to put some more
penetrating oil in another method you
can try is using a hammer to tap the
edges and shock some of that corrosion
loose now you don't want to use a huge
hammer and you don't want to swing
really hard here because this is just
aluminum and you could crack or break it
and need to replace your caliper anyway
which is what we're trying to prevent so
just a small hammer and some light
tapping
give it another try
so in extreme cases if you have the
proper equipment you can get a 3/8 drive
air hammer bit which works really nice
this is like an impact tool only you
have a little more control over it
because when you hit an impact tool it
twists right away with this you can
hammer and vibrate and break some of
that corrosion loose and just use a
wrench to start rotating it at your own
pace rather than hitting it and forcing
it every time which is likely to break
or strip it be sure to use safety
glasses and proper hearing protection
especially when using the air hammer
always be sure to use an impact socket
with impact tools and not a chrome one
as they can break and shatter
another tool you can try if you have
access to it is a rounded bolt removal
socket you can see this has like a
left-hand helix inside of it that's
actually meant to cut into the edges of
the round bolt to grip and turn it out
sometimes you will need to tap them on
with a hammer if you used penetrating
oil be sure to wipe that off you want to
wipe off any other grease or oil in the
area especially if you're doing this on
the vehicle always be aware of what is
around the part and where this is
aluminum and has a rubber seal just over
here on the other side of the piston as
well as fluid inside of it if it's still
on the car you don't want to use too
much heat but a little bit can go a long
way
always heat the base where the threads
go into and not the actual bolt itself
as your goal is to expand the opening
and free the tension on the threads and
heating the bolt up will only get it
stuck in there tighter
once you've warmed it up a little and
you can try this method with or without
the heat get a pair of vice grips locked
on there nice and tight
and try to tap them around with a hammer
you could also try the rounded bolt
removal again be careful installing this
because the caliper is still hot heat it
up a little more
I think this lives here now sometimes
even throwing everything you've got at
it simply won't remove a bolt that's as
stuck as this one and you'll have to
change the caliper it's unfortunate but
sometimes these methods may work for you
at home so feel free to try them out be
sure to do so safely and if you get your
bleeder screw out change it with another
one otherwise if you have what we had
happen you'll need to go get a new one
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