[Shotimes] bleeder screws english/metric?

[Bruce Malachuk]

Thats odd casue I got mine from them, they were all the same size (M10) I
think, and they work perfectly all the way around my car.

Bruce
94 Opal Frost MTX
94 Deep Emerald Green ATX - w/90k gonna be parted

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Brown" <nkb5f@hotmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:46 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] bleeder screws english/metric?


> Got a set of 4 speed bleeder screws (www.speedbleeder.com) to facilitate
> flushing my brakes. The site has a sizing chart that shows M10 metric
thread
> on front and rear bleeder screws, so that's what I bought.
>
> I changed the back set first, and they worked beautifully. But when I went
> to swap out the front bleeder screws, I found that they weren't the same
> thread (but very close). It appears that the front bleeder screws are
> 3/8"-24 thread instead of M10 (also the hex was 3/8" instead of 11mm).  So
I
> had a fun time bleeding the front brakes by myself with the old bleeder
> screws :(.
>
> Anyway, just curious if anyone else had run into that problem. I probably
> shoulda asked here first before buying, but I didn't expect there to be
> english and metric threads mixed.
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