Important! : Caliper thread stripped..

1. user_34645 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Rack City, Isle of Man Posts: 4127 GS300, MK1 VTS, Katy M 1190

   #1 22nd March 2011, 14:59

   After changing my calipers and discs etc,
   
   I was bleeding the brakes and basically.. One of the bleed nipples has stripped the thread from where it screws into the Caliper.
   
   The standard bleed nipple is an M8 size iirc, would it be possible to drill the hole bigger and re-tap it to an M10 size, and use a corresponding sized bleed nipple?
   
   My fault, but feck me. I'm annoyed.
2. Stevo123 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Redcar Posts: 1971 2000 Posi Blue vtr

   #2 23rd March 2011, 13:22

   You might find that the cone size inside where the bleed nipple is different with a bigger 10mm nipple? - can anyone confirm? To be fair it might be easier to get a caliper from a breakers than mess about.
3. Matt-T Established Member Joined: Oct 2010 Rednal Posts: 1943 Vauxhall Vectra VW Golf Mk4 Honda Prelude

   #3 23rd March 2011, 13:27

   I would go with what steve said, get a new one. Or try and tap it to normal size if poss