snapped bleed nipple rear caliper

[chinna]

what are my chances of drilling out the rest of my bleed nipple? snapped flush with the caliper after a week of wd40

[maxfield]

Depends how competent you are with a drill.

[chinna]

got a cordless dewalt of used in the past to drill out a caliper bolt that held it to the leg? got a major mains powered drill also. cant believe this happened now. rebuilding the whole rear end this weekend as i need to move my car. gettin new brake pipes and flexis friday. the others came undone no problem, this one just twisted and snapped.

[Grrrmachine]

Get a Torx bit and hammer it into the hole, then gently twist the broken nipple out.

[chinna]

will giv it a try. not sure if i've got a bit that small, but

[BenHar]

If you do have to drill it, try a left handed drill bit.

Ben

[Brianmoooore]

If the priority is to move the car, you can bleed it by loosening the hose at the join with the caliper.
Caliper needs to be off, the piston clamped back as far as it will go, and the join uppermost.
If it comes to a replacement caliper, don't forget that touring ones use a different sized piston from the others.

[Gavt]

Easy outs work every time I've done loads it's fits and grips perfectly and there's plenty of spare nipples in the scrappy

[Brianmoooore]

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[Rav335uk]

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