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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #15 on: 21 July 2010, 17:23:06 »
I have got a broken one out before using an easyout
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #16 on: 21 July 2010, 18:03:25 »
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I have got a broken one out before using an easyout

I've never had great success with easyouts  :-/  :y
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #17 on: 21 July 2010, 18:20:04 »
Cheers for all suggestions, going to order some of the off eBay and have a bash  :y
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #18 on: 21 July 2010, 18:22:35 »
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Cheers for all suggestions, going to order some of the off eBay and have a bash  :y
Should have bought them while you were at VX, they may have given you a kit kat. ;D ;D
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #19 on: 21 July 2010, 18:23:46 »
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Cheers for all suggestions, going to order some of the off eBay and have a bash  :y
Should have bought them while you were at VX, they may have given you a kit kat. ;D ;D

Tea bags would have been better, gone with biscuit. Forgot to ask about those!
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #20 on: 21 July 2010, 18:26:07 »
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Cheers for all suggestions, going to order some of the off eBay and have a bash  :y
Should have bought them while you were at VX, they may have given you a kit kat. ;D ;D

Tea bags would have been better, gone with biscuit. Forgot to ask about those!
Or they could have upgraded you to chokky digestives.
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #21 on: 21 July 2010, 18:33:04 »
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I have got a broken one out before using an easyout

I've never had great success with easyouts  :-/  :y

Me to...normaly because I have exhausted all options by then so its in BLOODY tight
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #22 on: 21 July 2010, 18:39:15 »
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Me to...normaly because I have exhausted all options by then so its in BLOODY tight

Yes. If the bolt/whatever is that tight the head has sheared off, you can very easily end up with a sheared off easyout to get out too.  :(
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Re: Brake Bleed Nipple bolt
« Reply #23 on: 22 July 2010, 19:20:11 »
I can never understand why some bleed nipples are so small in diameter
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