Polyurethane Brake Bleeder Valve Caps; Set of 8 Yellow

Description: Polyurethane Brake Bleeder Valve Caps. Set Of Eight. Color: Yellow. These are a reproduction of the bleeder valve caps supplied with the Speed Bleeders brand brake bleeder valves. However, these bleeder valve caps are made out of 75 durometer polyurethane, instead of synthetic rubber. Polyurethane is much more durable and resistant to chemicals, salt, sunlight, oil, gasoline, etc., so these last many times longer than synthetic rubber caps. There appears to be one size to these. The opening is .185 inches in diameter, and they are meant to fit bleed valves with a .22-.30 inch diameter nipple. These valve caps are available in Black, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, and Yellow. Please check the item description for the desired color. These caps are available in sets of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. Please check our other listings for the desired quantity. The Story Behind This Item I love Speed Bleeder brand brake bleeder valves and use them on all my vehicles. However, the little rubber cap that they provide with the bleeder valves rots and falls apart in a very short time. When the boot decays and falls off, the speed bleeder valve fills up with water (and road salt), rusts, and stops working as a bleeder valve. Every Spring, I found that half the caps were gone and the other half rotted to the point that they were close to falling off. Half the valves were rusted solid. So every year I had to replace half the Speed Bleeders on each of my cars. In 2009, I started using four pot Wilwood calipers on all four corners, so I was looking at replacing four of the eight Speed Bleeder valves on the car in the Spring, instead of the normal two. The Speed Bleeder people were not exactly responsive when I contacted them about the poor quality of the caps they supply with their valves, but were happy to sell me more valves. I could not find much available in bleeder valve caps, and decided to make them myself, out of polyurethane, and offer them to others who are looking for high quality caps to protect the Speed Bleeders on their car's brake calipers. I installed them on my vehicles in the Spring of 2010, and they show no sign of dry rot or decay like the rubber caps. The polyurethane caps still look like new and fit snug just like the day they were installed. What Do These Fit? The opening is .185 inches in diameter, and they are meant to fit bleeder valves with a .22-.30 inch diameter nipple. This should be just about every brake caliper or brake slave cylinder commonly used on cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. If in doubt, measure the nipple diameter on your bleed valve. These may also be useful for hydraulic clutch bleeder valves. Installation Tips After bleeding air out of the lines and removing the tubing from the bleeder, spray a drop of PB Blaster, Liquid Wrench, or other aerosol lubricant on the end of the valve and wipe away any excess brake fluid to prevent corrosion. Squeeze the cap between two fingers when installing the cap over the bleeder valve, to create a vacuum that will help retain the cap. Jamming the cap down on a wet valve will trap air under the cap and the air pressure will push the cap off of the valve. For small size valves with small diameter hex sizes (such as the 1/4x28 size used on Wilwood calipers) slide the cap all the way down over the hex portion of the valve with the base of the cap touching the caliper body. Made by Iperformance in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. What is Iperformance? Iperformance has been manufacturing and selling top quality, tuner grade parts for niche market cars and racing applications since the mid 1990's. Sales Tax: Missouri buyers pay sales tax on the item cost. Please see Ebay format for current Missouri sales tax rate. There is no sales tax on any item delivered outside the state of Missouri. Shipping Costs Domestic free shipping of this item is by US Mail First Class with tracking and insurance, or can be upgraded to US Mail Priority Small Flat Rate Box, with tracking and insurance. Please refer to the eBay shipping cost calculator. International shipping is by US Mail First Class, or can be upgraded to US Mail Priority Small Flat Rate Box, both with tracking and insurance. Please refer to the eBay shipping cost calculator. Ebay has removed the 0ptional insurance choice for buyers and placed the onus of delivery upon the seller. In order to comply with Ebay’s policy, we must insure every single package and add the cost of shipping insurance to the shipping and handling fee. This also limits the choices of shipping options to those which are insurable. Packaging Item is placed into a small ziplock bag, and then into a padded mailing envelope. Payment Information Ebay’s Accepted Payment Policy no longer allows any form of mailed payment. In order to comply with Ebay’s policy, we can only accept Paypal. Immediate payment required. Thank you for looking. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

Price: 41.99 USD

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri

End Time: 2024-11-21T00:01:15.000Z

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