924Board.org

the_mad_electrician · Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 1073 Location: Central Georgia

I was going to bleed my front brakes because the pedal was still spongy after replacing the rear cylinders and bleading them. I took the wheels off and the bleeder screws are completely rounded off. Any ideas? There were also some salad bowl looking dust covers, are these factory? I took them off.
_________________
81 924 N/A

2004 Ranger "Edge"

2005 Mazda 6

CorsePerVita · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1992 Location: Redmond, Oregon

Time for a bleed of the system, adjust your drums, and time for new bleeder screws.
_________________
- 1977 Porsche 924 2.0 N/A (Trackday Project)
- 1979 Porsche 924 2.0 N/A (The other daily)
- 1980 Porsche 931 (Daily)
- 1987 Lamborghini Jalpa
- 1999 Ducati 900SS

Ozzie · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:28 am Post subject:

careful removing the bleed screws. Someone rounded them off probably from overtightening.
I snapped 2 off the first time I did my brakes.
_________________
Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

The salad bowls are not factory and not required or recommended.
_________________
erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made

924RACR · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject:

There's also a very good possibility that your brake hoses need replacing too.
_________________
Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype

924RACR · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:12 pm Post subject:

Forgot to add, it shouldn't be hard to find suitable replacement bleeders at your local parts store, once you get the old ones out.

All hail the mighty vice-grips!

_________________
Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype

the_mad_electrician · Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 1073 Location: Central Georgia

Thanks for the help, I figured those salad bowls where not factory, I had never seen anything like them before. They were just a good place for black widows to hide!
_________________
81 924 N/A

2004 Ranger "Edge"

2005 Mazda 6

Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:41 am Post subject:

Do a searsh on the web for speed bleeders there bleed screws that have a one way check valve in them all you need to do is loosen them and pump the pedal.
_________________
1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.