this is great ...im bleeding my brakes today and when im tightening up the rightside rear's bleeder stud/valve, the thread housing around the hole just falls to pieces on me!so i have no more threads pretty much on the outside...my question is 1 - are there threads on the inside of the hole so maybe i can buy a stud/bolt and just bolt it shut for now?2- is there any temporary solution so i can drive it to the shop about 3 miles away...if you guys would like il take a picture but you should get the jist of it...the bleeder stud looks fine its not stripped or anything but it wont seem to tighten back into the hole...i guess the part il need to replace is the backing plate....thanks for the help guys!
steve

Go to Autozone or your favorite auto parts store and buy a new wheel cylinder.
About $10.00.

Take off the the wheel and drum. Then unscrew the brake line to the wheel cylinder, then unbolt the wheel cylinder and install the new one.

It has been awhile since I have done one, but that is what I remember.

Sounds like the wheel cylinder striped out. Call a buddy and get a ride to the parts store. If you could get it sealed off the breaks would not work very well and IMO would not be safe to drive.

Sound advice. DO NOT drive the car with iffy brakes. Replace the wheel cylinder yourself, then continue with the brake bleed. Then you're good to go.

thanks guys im gonna go to the advance and buy a wheel cylinder...i thought i would need a whole new backing plate...guess not...dont worry im not driving my chevelle anywhere with no brakes!later guys thanks

If your carefull enough, you wont even need to take apart the brake parts, like springs and shoes, to get the cylinder out. Well, at least not all of it. The top hold down springs will likely need to be removed though. Which is simple enough. Especially if you have the spring tool for it (cheap).

I hope you have better luck than I had finding a wheel cylinder that will fit.
Autozone, Advance, O'reilly all had the same ones made in China and they were too long to fit between the two forks on the backing plate.
I finally found the correct ones at Carquest - USA made - twice the price. :hurray:

I always get mine from CarQuest. Well worth the difference in price. Seen too many of the cheapies fail and that is not a good thing. Every AZ or Advance wheel cylinder I have seen the bleeders were sloppy in and stripped out just snugging them down also the problem Dean cited. Brakes are not a place to go cheap on parts. Too much at stake!:yes:

I haven't seen many CarQuest around where I live. I've been pretty happy with NAPA. They always seem to have the correct parts I need. Plus the people that work there (at least in the cases I've seen) are usually more knowledgeable vs. say Autozone... ick.

If you replace one wheel cylinder you should probably replace both.

age, corrosion, etc......

Verle