# So when a Brake Bleeder breaks off... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 1, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412 "2007-01-01T17:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/1 "2007-01-01T17:10:00Z")
… what is one to do? Does one need to buy a new caliper? And want to shoot themselves in the face? ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/2 "2007-01-01T17:18:42Z")
Easy out + drill + new bleeder from NAPA. ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/3 "2007-01-01T17:20:13Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > Easy out + drill + new bleeder from NAPA. Alright. Thanks. i’ll need to pick up an easy out kit. Any idea about how much they cost? ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/4 "2007-01-01T17:32:33Z")
I think it’s pretty car specific. I’m 99% sure you can’t fix it on a civic’s rear drums. I’ve got a broken one now and what I read on Honda-tech you need to just buy a new drum or upgrade to the disc brakes. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/5 "2007-01-01T17:35:41Z")
ALL bleeders will unscrew 100% of the way and are replacable. I’ve never seen ANYTHING different. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/6 "2007-01-01T18:05:10Z")
Little warning on the ez-out. If the bleeder is so siezed in there that you broke it trying to remove it, chances are you’re simply going to break the ez-out as well. The ez-out, by design, has to be smaller in diameter than the thing you’re trying to back out. And once you snap that hardened steel ez-out off in there it will be a huge PITA to drill out since ez-outs are generally as hard or harder than most drill bits. Get yourself some Kroil, the best penatrating oil I’ve ever used: _[http://www.kanolabs.com/](http://www.kanolabs.com/)_ Spray that on, let it set for a day. Then try the ez out. If it doesn’t feel like it’s going to come, give up. Drill it out oversized and put one of those oversized bleeder repair things in there. ---
**Author:** ![JUICEDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedss/32/7185_2.png) [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/7 "2007-01-01T18:12:49Z")
ez out + heat. that’s your best bet. ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/8 "2007-01-01T18:24:11Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > ALL bleeders will unscrew 100% of the way and are replacable. I’ve never seen ANYTHING different. he speaks the truth and i just heat every bleeder now no matter what because they do have a tendency to break. As for the civic needing a new drum that is incorrect it will need a new wheel cylinder if it has drum brakes since that is what the bleeder is on. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/9 "2007-01-01T19:09:26Z")
are calipers that much for it?. same thing pat said when i remove brake lines bleeders and wheel cylinder i always use heat ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/10 "2007-01-02T05:18:43Z")
Another warning, this time on heat. Too much and you’ll melt the caliper seals. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/11 "2007-01-02T05:20:38Z")
for the most part the heat will be concentrated on the bleeder screw and if ur careful will no way affect the seals… ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/12 "2007-01-02T06:11:51Z")
Got a pic of it, so that we can better recommend a removal method? ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/13 "2007-01-02T07:58:01Z")
> [@MPD47](#): > > ALL bleeders will unscrew 100% of the way and are replacable. I’ve never seen ANYTHING different. Truth ---
**Author:** ![Estorvito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/estorvito/32/7234_2.png) [@Estorvito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Estorvito)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/14 "2007-01-02T08:33:37Z")
> [@Bigairskier1580](#): > > Alright. Thanks. i’ll need to pick up an easy out kit. > > Any idea about how much they cost? i payed 8 bux for my eazy out kit @ Frep Poys. Those things are the shit, and sharp…lol ---
**Author:** ![VANDIT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vandit/32/4977_2.png) [@VANDIT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VANDIT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/15 "2007-01-02T12:45:37Z")
> [@Estorvito](#): > > i payed 8 bux for my eazy out kit @ Frep Poys. Those things are the shit, and sharp…lol ^ wurd ---
**Author:** ![13005TEDGP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/edb3f5/32.png) [@13005TEDGP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/13005TEDGP)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/16 "2007-01-03T08:26:25Z")
Use caution when heating it up, fire and boiling (ruining the brake fluid). Also, I’ve drilled out a bleeder or two in my day and I have started just removing the caliper to do so because I’ve removed ALOT of shaving from the inside of the caliper after I was done. …thats all. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/17 "2007-01-03T08:58:12Z")
find a reverse drill bit, should do the trick ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/18 "2007-01-03T11:46:18Z")
another thing i have recently come upon that absolutely rocks is a lubricant similar to what JayS posted is this stuff called RustBuster. that stuff absolutely rocks when it comes to seized bolts and such. and is the bleeder broke off flush/below the caliper surface, or is there a bit of bleeder still exposed. i have a set of IRWIN bolt extractors that are amazing. ---
**Author:** ![my240nissan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@my240nissan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/my240nissan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-when-a-brake-bleeder-breaks-off/22412/19 "2007-01-06T17:00:25Z")
simply put a block in the caliper and tip it so the line is the highest point not the bleeder then loosen the lin and alow air to escape. this dosent work in all applications though