Tips From the Week's Brake and Tire Projects
Previous owners had replaced the rear brake calipers on the E450 we bought in late 2008. I found one bleeder screw badly stuck, had to bang on the six-point 3/8" box wrench but did get it loose. Other...
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I use plumbers tape, that white Teflon no-stick ultra-thin rubber-band-like tape, used for the bleeder screw threads primarily so the air does not get past the threads so badly when using my vacuum bleeder hand pump. I've hoped the tape will also prevent seizing, but I never had a vehicle long enough to know for certain that the plumbers tape does any good in that regard.
