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    Veteran Member Four Rings Quattrocket's Avatar
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    Goddamn bleed barb on the caliper broke off!!!!

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    Man! even a simple job like changing the brake fluid won't go smoothly. did both the backs beautifully, then when I got to the front the bleeder screw is seized. so I hit it with some anti-seize. come back 1/2 hour later and try to remove it using only moderate steady pressure and the little ****** snapped on me. Plus the other side is seized too. uhhh. any tips or tricks on getting these buggers off?
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    Veteran Member Four Rings MacDaddy's Avatar
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    Re: Goddamn bleed barb on the caliper broke off!!!!

    unfortunatley you'll have to get a shop to drill out the broken nipple. make sure you can plug the brake hose going to it or you will get air in your brake system, and the only way to get it out will be running your ABS pump with vag-com. you can get the air out by bleeding the brakes, then activating the ABS, but its labour intensive.

    as far as the other side, try hitting the caliper with a small mallet right where the nipple is (not on it of course) while using steady pressure to try an unscrew the nipple. with some luck it should come unstuck.

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