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Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
my Ranger cheap? :)

I finally got the actuator modified back to original and installed -
all set to bleed the brakes and get 'er back on the road.

NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

The freakin' zerks on the BRAND NEW CALIPERS were rusted to nubs -
NUBS - nothing to grip, came apart in my hands and the brake wrench.

Now I gotta remove the calipers, use an easy out to get the rest of
the zerks out of the calipers....

WHAT NEXT!?!? :)

~~ mutter ~~

I am curious as to the zerks on your calipers. What are they for?


Bleeding the brake lines?

Eisboch

Via a zerk fitting? My trailer's calipers have "bleed screws."


Seems to me that I recall cars in the past having zerk type bleed screws
on the brake systems.
They were used because a vacuum pump was attached to them to evacuate
all the air
in new brake lines.

Eisboch


Well, Tom *is* very special, so I am sure his boat trailer brake calipers
are equipped with zerks.

Is 'zerk' a common term used for grease fittings or nipples down there?
I don't recall that term being used a lot up here.


Yup, and it most likely used in Canada also. Zerk was the original name
most likely. May be called an Allimite fitting also. They were the makers.