AberdeenBikers

You know 'Sod's Law' (also referred to as Murphy's Law)? Where buttered toast always lands buttered side down?

While rubbing down one of the Z750's front calipers for repainting , did it not slip from my grasp and land right on the feckin' bleed nipple and snap clean off!!

Sooooooo, what I'm looking for is some kind soul to remove the remnants from the caliper.I'm fine with most things mechanical except the removal of broken studs and suchlike. As the caliper itself works fine, I'd rather see if I can get it repaired before trying to source another one.

Willing to pay for someone's time and effort too.

Cheers

Ian

you will need to use an easy-out on that dude , it should be an easy job providing the bleed nipple aint too corroded

Luckily, it's not rusty. The impact broke it clean off, flush with the caliper body so hopefully, it''ll not be too bad.

It'll be a very small easy-out you require. Be extra careful not to be too forceful.

If you break off the easy-out it'll be all over bar the crying.

If you split the caliper you might find find that the nipple protrudes through and you can screw it 'out' from the inside since the other end is gone.

tintin wrote:If you split the caliper you might find find that the nipple protrudes through and you can screw it 'out' from the inside since the other end is gone.

More likely a tapered seat, once you crack the initial seal it will come out easily enough

fazermal wrote:

tintin wrote:If you split the caliper you might find find that the nipple protrudes through and you can screw it 'out' from the inside since the other end is gone.

More likely a tapered seat, once you crack the initial seal it will come out easily enough

i didnt know u could get anything other than a tapered seal on a bleed nipple

ive never known of bleed nipples being anywhere near the middle of any caliper so i cant see the point in splitting calipers to try an get a snapped bleed nipple out

If you can try and drill the hole in the Nipple to just under the thread size then use a correct sized “Easy Out”. If you do try to bore it remember it is a tapered seat, so don’t drill too deep or you will damage the seat. If you use one thats too big they tend to expand the Nipple when you screw them in and snap off .If it does snap you can drill them using a cobalt drill but they are as hard as F*ck. Other thing to try is a bit of heat around the outside to try and expand threads in the body a bit. Good luck

If you have a MIG welder put a dollop of weld ont he end of the nipple then weld a 10mm nut to the top of that. the weld wont take to the caliper as its alloy the heat added will help crack the seal and then just unscrew using a 10mm socket on the nut. If you can get it to me I'll do it for you I'm in Banchory or will possibly nip in to the shep rest tonight to pick up the puncture kits from dave so could maybe get it off you then

I have never understood why easy outs were called that must have been a right sarcastic cnut that came up with that name

Borrocks!! (as Bruce Lee would have said!! )
I don't know why I didn't remember to use the MIG!! I've used that method before but not on a bleed nipple.

Y'see? We, as individuals, don't know everything but, collectively, we do!!

Cheers folks!! Especially you Blackstorm