Removing a Seized Bleeder Screw 

Thanks! Never messed with frozen bleeder valves on friends cars. Told 'm no-can-do, but now we will give 'er a try. Thanks again !

Tried this and it worked great! Tweaked the method a bit though. Treated the bleeder with penetrating spray for an hour before, wasn't convinced about the wax so didn't use it. Gripped it with vice grips and applied medium torque. No budge, so heated the nipple up super hot with butane torch for about 2 minutes, and then whacked it a lot harder than in this video with a hammer (flush on so nipple wouldn't snap). I then applied medium torque again with vice grips and it freed up. I was very impressed as I thought it was rusted solid. Worked a treat. thanks.

Gonna try it this weekend, great video.

so glad i did not have to do all this ,mine all came loose after soaking a day with pb blaster thank god

im pretty seasoned as a mechanic, but have never seen the drill bit trick. Interesting stuff. Also, the wax. I usually end up bleeding it at the caliper line if all else fails, and hope that the remaining air works itself up through the system in to master cylinder. If the line is toward the lower end of the caliper my method wont work. On the heat thing..I try to heat the caliper and not the bleeder directly, hoping the caliper will expand and the bleeder stay the same size...sometimes helps :)

Thanks for the video, great idea. I will have to try it out on my next brake job.

Thanks!

I though the use of the drill bit was kind of silly. I was wrong. Had a badly rounded and partially crushed bleeder screw that was close to breaking off flush and would NOT unfreeze. The drill bit made all the difference. After heating and inserting the drill bit, I was able to get a solid grip with no further damage. Then, the screw came out with a two-finger push on the grips. Still do think that PB Blaster works better than wax, though. -- All Smiles Now !

for some reason you remind me of a dentist

l'll be that guy, unless these calipers are more then like 60 bucks why bother just replace the caliper and move on.