Strong work. On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 9:39 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I have been working on the 300SD this afternoon and now have all four > corners up on jackstands and all four tires removed. My intent was to > access all four brake calipers and blow the brake fluid out of the brake > fluid reservoir and all of the lines so I can remove and replace all four > brake lines and then fill and bleed the brake system. > > I ran into a snag, however, with the right-rear caliper. The bleeder > screw on the left-rear is 8 mm and that blew out very nicely (and > drained the front compartment of the brake fluid reservoir). I then > switched to the right-rear caliper and tried to loosen the bleeder screw > with the 8 mm box-end wrench (0.31496") and it spun, probably rounding > the hex some. I tried 7 mm (0.27559"), but that was too small. I tried > 5/16" (0.3125") and that spun. I then tried a small vise grip (which has > sharp "teeth" on the jaws), and that slipped. I squirted the threads of > the bleeder screw with Kroil and then came into the office to write this > email while the Kroil does its work. > > We will see if that works. > > > Craig > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
