Ahem.... while bleeding my back brake last week, I applied my usual gentle pressure to the bleed nipple while tightening it up. On this occassion I didn't actually utlise a hammer, but there was no mistaking the unmistakeable 'tink' sound of something metal sharing off.
D'oh!
So I've sheared the bleed nipple off flush with the brake body. This is probably a daft question but....
Is there a way to get the bloody thing out. Rather than just buy a new back brake? All suggestions welcome. I surely can't do more damage than I have done already
I am an idiot
Its possible to get banjo bolts with a bleed nipple built in so you just leave the sheared one & replace the old banjo bolt.
http://www.dash3.com/bleednipple.html
drill the bleed hole a little bigger and use an easyout?
Easy outs.
There are 2 types though.
One is a reverse-threaded tapering thing that you screw in anti-clockwise, and it either a) unscrews the snapped off bit, or b) expands the snapped off bit and then snaps itself - and they are so hard you can't drill into it. not a good situation.
The other, less common, type is a set of straight rods of differing diameters, with raised ridges running down the outside. You tap the best fit in gently, and then slip over a collar with a hex outside that you can undo with a spanner. Snap-on used to do them.
The easiest and most successful way id to go to the nearest engine machine shop - the sort of place that skims cylinder heads, re-grinds crankshafts, etc - and get them to do it for about £10.
Sometimes you can chisel a slot in it and use a screwdriver......
depends how tight you did it up.
i reckon an easy out would be best, if you rtorqued it enough to snap it, a screwdriver slot is unlikely to help?
Easy out - second what is said above dont go the reverse thread route, although the other type is hard to get hold of.