1974 Front Bleed Screws... Who Has Them?

[Bruzilla]

Anyone know who sells bleed screws for 1974 front calipers? It's a 7/16 20 thread screw but it was a flat bottom with a hole through the center. I've hit all the parts stores and they show a smaller screw with a pointed end and a hole through the sides.

 

[Coronet 14]

Found these
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/urr-bb11/overview/

 

[Bruzilla]

Yeah, those are the ones the stores have. The ones in my calipers have a flat bottom with a hole in the center of it so it seals against the caliper when it screws down.

 

[Bb70charger500]

Let me do some looking I think I have what you want unless your wanting new? Let me know ether way

 

[kiwigtx]

1974 Front Bleed Screws... Who Has Them?
Anyone know who sells bleed screws for 1974 front calipers? It's a 7/16 20 thread screw but it was a flat bottom with a hole through the center. I've hit all the parts stores and they show a smaller screw with a pointed end and a hole through the sides.

Have you checked here with Tony....? :eusa_think:

http://www.tonysparts.com/

 

[bm02tj]

the bottom broke off yours
It needs the taper to seal

 

[Bruzilla]

Okay, I think the mystery is solved. Being as I couldn't find a similar screw anywhere, I started looking at the old one closer. It was damn hard to see, but after doing some filing I was able to see two different metals. So what I finally figured out I was looking at was at some point over the past forty some-odd years, someone had stripped the threads and used a 7/16ths repair plug, and what I was looking at was the brass repair plug with a rusted up old screw inside.

Bad news now is I con't find any repair kits that are 7/16 x 20, but I was able to find some screws that size at NAPA. I'm thinking I'll either weld the side holes closed and drill a new hole through the bottom of one, or I'll thread the opening of one so I can run a closing screw through it.