Snapped caliper bleed screw

[joeseth]

Just managed to snap the bleed screw on one of my rear calipers which is annoying! Is there a good way of getting it out? Or is it new caliper? Tried drilling but its not looking pretty. Don't really wanna damage anything as its brake related.

[Grrrmachine]

Get a torx bit and hammer it into the remnants of the bleed screw, and then wind it out slowly using a 1/4" or 3/8" socket. Not sure which size bit you need, but you want the teeth to bite into the inner walls of the bleed screw without stretching the whole thing out.

I've salvaged more than one caliper with that method.

[capnmchl]

^ that

If it feels like it doesn't wanna move, you might want to remove the caliper and get some heat on it.

[joeseth]

If that doesn't work are all rear caliper the same? Mine are off a 320i cab.

[capri_rob]

The touring ones are different to the saloons - not sure about convertible ones though