Help Guys - Bleed Nipple Sheared!

[Guest Red Man]

Sods Law - final task in replacing front hoses and pads on the 1.6GTi, and the bloody bleed nipple on the passenger side brake cyclinder has sheared.

 

Can anybody offer any advice on my next steps (after kicking the dog - if I had one). I.e,. do I have any options others then drilling out and tapping a new thread or getting a whole replacement brake cylinder. If I do drill and tap does anybody know where I can get replacement nipples amd what the thread is.

 

Any help much appreciated - this is almost the last straw with working on the car.

 

Dave

[pugrallye 0]

can normally get them out with easy outs or drilling and tapping, most motor factors sell them think they are M7x 1.0 but would double check that... anyway they are def same thread and size as volkswagen ones

[Guest Red Man]

can normally get them out with easy outs or drilling and tapping, most motor factors sell them think they are M7x 1.0 but would double check that... anyway they are def same thread and size as volkswagen ones

 

Thanks for that - forgive my ignorance - what is an easy out?

[pugrallye 0]

its like a left hand threaded tapered tap, so as you screw in, it screws out

[Guest smokinslim]

Also known as stud extractors - 6 or 7 quid from GSF

[pugrallye 0]

no stud extractors are different

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

Your best off getting a machine shop to get it out or get a second hand caliper. The nipples are normally so badly corroded with brake dust,water and grit they just end up snapping the easy out.

 

Ive used easy outs loads of times (glutton for punishment) and they worked a grand total of once. Try it if you like you might be lucky!

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

I have had nasty easy out experiences that have snapped and made things worse!!

 

With a sheered nipple on my 307 calipers, I welded a nut onto the top of the nipple and then wound it out with a ratchet! 2 engineers said it was a scrap caliper. What to they know

[Guest smokinslim]

no stud extractors are different

 

Everywhere i went people just looked at me gone out when i asked if they sold easy-outs. The stud extractors i now have fit your description of easy-outs.

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

stud extractors

 

http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/s.nl;jsession...02&it=A&id=5632

 

easy outs

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002UJNW...glance&n=228013

 

Two very different tools.

[Guest Red Man]

Advice of the brake factors is get the local engineering shop to get it out - so thats what I will try - caliper comes off tomorrow.

 

Does make me wonder about such a crap design feature - what would it take to make them bigger and more robust. Not restricted to pugs of course.

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

Copper grease and a dust cap on the end of the nipple helps. Just a s*it design as you say. It might be worth getting it drilled and tapped for a larger nipple as the 205 ones are puny and small.

 

Good luck!