Has anyone found a wrench that is good for opening and closing the bleeders on the front drums of the "9-inch" brakes (on a '74 Dart in my case)? I bought the Autocraft one from Advance Auto Parts and it's too straight. My regular 5/16 box wrench is pretty short, but I still can't get it in there. The Lisle wrench from Amazon looks like it might have a better angle, but it's hard to tell from the picture. What works for you?

How about a 1/4" drive ratchet with an extension and a 1/4" socket?

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If you didn't drive it there, it's not a street car.

Break it loose with 6pt small socket.

Then you can use open while bleeding.

Fully tighten with socket.

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

There is an Snap-On type that is made for this, PN S8184. There are several for sale on eBay; here the least expensive one but the bidding is up in 9 hours; there are others for more $$.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SNAP-ON-TOOLS-5 ... 1239930625

It is still in the catalog by the way; page 542.

Then switch over to Speed Bleeders! http://www.speedbleeder.com

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1964 Dart GT

Take a torch and bend the wrench to work for what you need.

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Fast is fine but accuracy is final. You have to learn to take your time ... in a hurry
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Thanks for all the replies. I actually tried bending the wrench I have. I looked around and some said do it hot, some said cold. I don't have a torch, so I just put it in a vise and squeezed. It might have worked, but I tried to go a little too far and cracked it. Lesson learned: practice on the end you don't need, before doing the end you need. <facepalm>

+1 for the speed bleeders link, by the way. Cool idea.

Just took a look at the Speed Bleeder link... Definitely gonna get some of those! Thanks for the heads-up!

That's all you need right there.

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I'm sure emsvitil is right, but I bought the Snap-On bleeder wrench off eBay and it really made the job easy.