Brake bleeding assistance

[SSerious]

I have a '67 that has set up for the last 6 or 7 years and my son and I are working on getting it road ready.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to break loose stubborn bleeder fittings? I am worried that they are going to strip.
I have soaked them with WD-40, used an offset wrench and even made an attempt at vice-grips.

[knightfire83]

Get a propane torch, and heat that sucker up.

If all else fails, a wheel cylinder isn't expensive.

[fordman]

wd40 isnt a good rust buster. pb blaster is. more than likely you will have to spend the 10.00 to get a new wheel cylinder. by the time i resort to vise grips on the bleeder i take a hammer and hit the vise grips to jolt them into turning the bleeder. they pop off when they arent tight enough. and sometimes they will never budge. other times the bledder opens and works.

[69bumptruck]

I have a '67 that has set up for the last 6 or 7 years and my son and I are working on getting it road ready.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to break loose stubborn bleeder fittings? I am worried that they are going to strip.
I have soaked them with WD-40, used an offset wrench and even made an attempt at vice-grips.

There is a wrench made for those as well. Kinda like a boxed end wrench with a small enough slot in it to go over the brake line. It's better to have a tool on all sides of the nut, less likely to strip it out. The WD-40 might make it more likely to strip too. try PB Blaster as forman suggested. Let it set for a while before trying to loosen it. If none of that works, a little heat might be an option. Otherwise you may have to replace all of it.

[SSerious]

Thanks for the tips. I intended to replace the wheel cylinders anyway, so I guess now is as good a time as any.