I've started to rebuild my metro callipers that have been stored for some time on passenger side one of the bleed nipples has broken off on the otherside all 3 have.i was doing a job for a bloke who used to own a toolmaking business and has an awsome workshop at home so i got him to carefully(tried easyouts first) drill them out for me but when he did it ballsed up the threads(can't complain he was trying to do me a favour) any ideas on what i can do or would be the best kind of person to fix it.


cherrs
Andy

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What came first the or the chicken or the dickhead?

you could can you re tap it and put in an oversized bleed nipple from another car eg ford nissan etc

but not too sure my self

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1969 Blue Mini K, 1330cc, Weber 45, polished aluminum roll cage, Race seats, 4 point harness, full rewire incorporating 8 fuses, 6 relays and new headlights just needs tyres front shocks and a windscreen til re-register

Anhydrous wool fat is good for cracked and bleeding nipples ............oops wrong forum

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Gosh david

Are you suggesting a young mum drag her endownments across a sheeps back ??? What about the burrs, dust and other veg.

Mike

There was a kit for fixing stripped bleeders, it was a tapered plug that you screw into the stripped thread on the caliper and the tapered plug has a small bleeder in it. Spare parts places used to sell them.

I found one on the net...


http://www.agriemach.com/product_info.php?products_id=867
http://www.agriemach.com/product_info.php?products_id=868

Thanks morris 1100.They look like the best way to get around it.One way to find out, guess i'll just have to get some

Andy