[overcoil]

Was doing brake flush on a 235 front caliper with the two bleeder screws on one caliper - and the inner horizontal bleeder screw is extremely tight. Used some PB-Blaster to loosen but the 11mm socket didn't get me any movement. Saw pics a few days back of a snapped off bleeder screw, so wanted to be extra careful.
The pic below shows how to create a small extension/breaker bar for tight spaces. It provides good feel.

[Tpeterson]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

Was doing brake flush on a 235 front caliper with the two bleeder screws on one caliper - and the inner horizontal bleeder screw is extremely tight. Used some PB-Blaster to loosen but the 11mm socket didn't get me any movement. Saw pics a few days back of a snapped off bleeder screw, so wanted to be extra careful.
The pic below shows how to create a small extension/breaker bar for tight spaces. It provides good feel.

I saw Eric the Car Guy use that trick on his You Tube channel. Very good tip.

[mdputnam]

Here's another tip: If you're going to be applying a lot of torque on the bleeder valve using a 6 point box wrench will help keep from rounding off the bleeder valve.

[EEBreh]

Always use a flared nut wrench when working on gas hoses and brake componentry like bleed screws or hoses.

[mdputnam]

Flared nut wrenches are good if you can't get the 6 point closed box end over the top of the nut. However, a six point flared nut wrench only has 5 flat surfaces as opposed to six in the closed end box. For me personally, I choose the six point closed box first and the flared nut wrench only on the tubing nuts where the closed box won't work, YMMV.