996 caliper help

[bilko0795]

Hi just got my new 993 calipers on cleaning them up one bleed nipple has come out minus its thread so im guessing it needs to be recut does anybody know the thread size?

[newsh]

Has it left the steel of the nipple in the caliper? Or brought the thread out of the caliper with it? Or just snapped off?

[bilko0795]

its left the steel from the nipple inside.

[newsh]

If its left the steel thread of the nipple in the caliper then I would try and pick it out with a spike, like a scriber, at least until you can see the start of the thread. If you can get hold of the end of the thread with a pair of needle nose pliers maybe you can wind it anticlockwise and collapse it in.

[newsh]

I'm sure someone will be along to tell us what thread size it is, in the meantime if you can pick some of the thread out you'll have a start for the tap. Otherwise I'm always worried that I'll start in the wrong place and cut the alloy away and end with no thread at all..

[bilko0795]

Cheers m8 will do that now.

[driftin jo]

Get some 'easy outs', will remove that no problem.

[Error404]

but buy good quality ones or they don't work

[andy10v]

but buy good quality ones or they don't work

Drilling out a snapped easy out is no fun.

[DJones]

but buy good quality ones or they don't work

BTDT.....

[bambridge]

I,m sure Thread size M10x1, but if the thread has been stripped out as well, you may have a problem???

[Rusty]

My 996 425/6 are M10x1 bleed nipples.