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jbeenz
 Post subject: My Nipple broke
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:10 am 
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Any one got a solution to my problem:

The grease nipple for the top ball joint on the front hub has snapped, has anyone succesfully removed the remailing thread and re-tapped the cast?

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Yeah I've done it by drilling to the thread's root diameter then cleaning the thread out with a tap. Can't remember the size though!!
Forget little ezy outs- they are a waste of time IMO. :wink:

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yea - the ezy out didnt work, it just twisted while the cast hub laughed at it :)

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I've used small ezi outs before after deepening the thread in them with a dremel cutter. As bought they are too shallow and don't bite.
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I have a torx bit which just happens to be a hammer fit into the grease channel of the nipple, so i didn't even need to drill a hole. Just tapped in the torx bit and unscrewed the nipple. The thread in the hub was fine so i just screwed in a new nipple
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