306 Hdi Lucas 266Mm Brake Caliper Bleed Nipple Size

[SweetBadger 94]

Hi All, I need to replace the bleed nipples on my 306 HDI calipers.

 

I thought I could use the ones from the Gti6 calipers that they are replacing but they are too large, and the spare 1.9 ones I have are too small!

 

Can anyone confirm the nipple thread size and dims for these calipers?

 

Thanks, Alex.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

I'm sure when I replaced the bleed nipples on my old 306 hdi with Lucas brakes they were the same M7 x 1 size as the Bendix rear calipers & on the 1.9 GTI front calipers I have on my 205.

 

Service box doesn't give any info on the size unfortunately either but from what I remember doing the fluid on my current 306 hdi, they were also still M7 x 1.

 

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[SweetBadger 94]

Hmm, odd, the standard 1.9 gti ones were definitely too small, and the Gti6 ones much too big.

 

I wonder if they've been drilled out and tapped in a previous life, looks like I'll have to pull the mullered one that's in there at the moment out again and measure it.

[SweetBadger 94]

 

Finally got round to measuring these today, and the ones in my calipers are m8 x 1.25.

 

So they've either been drilled out and tapped or some Lucas calipers came with bigger bleed nipples.