Speedbleeder leaking

[Shimmy]

Bought MotorMite "Help brand" #12701 which I believe is correct. The rears were extremely difficult to stop leaking. I've got them cranked down a ton and just noticed that they still seem leak a tiny bit. Any tighter and they strip or snap off!

Anyone else have this issue? 1977 with stock rear drums here

 

[73azbronco]

You probably have a chunk of something under the wedge part. Or is it leaking out the port?

 

[Shimmy]

You probably have a chunk of something under the wedge part. Or is it leaking out the port?

Leaking out the port. This is my first time using speed bleeders. I use mityvac on my other cars that pushes fluid thru from the reservoir.

 

[Mikey]

I tried speed bleeders on the rear drums on my 68 Cougar years ago. They leaked like a sieve. I got rid of them.

 

[67 Halfcab]

Mine don't leak, but I splurged the 17 bucks and bought the fancy Russell name brand ones.

 

[hsach]

I switched my '78 over to speedbleeders and had issues with certain brands leaking, wish I could remember which ones. It was solved by using Russell Performance ones. They don't leak at all and work great. I got them at Summit.

Buy a couple of brands and then compare them to your originals, you will see that they vary slightly.

 

[SteveL]

I'm getting ready to do some brake work and was planning on adding speed bleeder. Is there a brand to buy that doesn't leak or have issues?or am I better off with stock bleeder screws?

 

[71 CA Bronco]

Times 3 for Russell speed bleeders that do NOT leak. ;D

I could never get a good pedal until I went with speed bleeders. They really helped on my rig. Next to using a pressure bleeder I think they are the best option.

 

[Apogee]

Russell Speed Bleeders seem to be the most consistent from what I've seen. As for the others, I've had several where the seating/sealing surface wasn't concentric with the centerline of the fitting, so they would never seal until I modified them in a lathe and made the sealing surface concentric with the threads.

 

[DC_Gearhead]

Does anyone know which Russell speed bleeders to order for the GM front discs?


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[Shimmy]

I'll swap them over to the Russell bleeders.

Russell part #639590

 

[nvrstuk]

Seems like half the posts with mechanical problems is now related to quality control issues on parts. How disappointing.

 

[Shimmy]

Does anyone know which Russell speed bleeders to order for the GM front discs?


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They have a PN application on their site so you can look it up

 

[tripog]

Seems like half the posts with mechanical problems is now related to quality control issues on parts. How disappointing.

seems to be the case, i used the dorman speed bleeders recently and they worked fine for me.