Removing stuck olive from brake lever

I have managed to break off the end of the hose, complete with olive, in a completely unused XT Dual Control lever/shifter. I re-used the hose and olive from an older brake lever and in trying to remove it the hose has snapped. I have heard of this happening to others (although my LBS has never seen it before!) Has anyone had this happen to them and had any success drilling the olive out? I have only a hand drill and can't imagine this working without damaging the threads in the lever.

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It is possible, but you obviously need to be careful not to damage the threads, did it to a Hayes brake last week, fair bit of hassle followed by the discovery of scored bore meaning it was scrap anyway.

Find a wood screw and wind it carefully into it.And try pulling it out with pliers.

Thanks chaps. A good tip with the screw too. I'll give that a go. Before I snapped the hose I had already tried pulling the lever while standing on the hose – God knows how much force will be needed to get the little blighter out.

cocktail sticks are often used to spear olives.

HTH

nicolaisam, I love you. I used a self-tapping screw. Took a few goes but result!

Spey Stout, 🙂

No problem 🙂 🙂