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Radiator bleed screw size

ZV Yoda · 2016-01-18 12:12:43

Hi there. The top of the bleed screw has sheared off one of our rads. The screw goes directly into the body of the rad (as far as I can make out). It's about 16 yrs old. I've tried 3 places to source a replacement screw, but they all only stock the newer hex fitting sets where the screw fits into a brass housing which then…

18-01-2016 12:12pm

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ZV Yoda

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Hi there. The top of the bleed screw has sheared off one of our rads. The screw goes directly into the body of the rad (as far as I can make out). It's about 16 yrs old. I've tried 3 places to source a replacement screw, but they all only stock the newer hex fitting sets where the screw fits into a brass housing which then screws into the rad.

My question is - assuming I can remove the sheared screw, will the screw from the new set fit directly into the rad?... Or should I just leave the existing sheared screw alone and install the new brass bleed set elsewhere on the rad?

I got different answers from each of the places I visited.

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