Snapped bleed nipple!(ouch!)

[Nisspatrol]

Hey fella's
fitted some new extended brake lines on the weekend and when i bled the system i snapped off the rear left bleed nipple off, its basically flush and its rear drums, anyone got any advise on how to get it out or fix it?
cheers

[Big Red Toy]

easy outs :D
go to bunnings ;)

[smitty]

Is it only the wheel cylinder where it have snapped off? U'll get away with just havin to get the nipple out with something like easy outs or check condition of them on both sides and if they leaking replace them.

[Nisspatrol]

easy outs??????, please explain, and the nipple has snapped off on the left rear, where you bleed the brakes, it has snapped off flush with the surface, i need to know how to remove it to replace it

[J Top]

Easyouts/screw extractors are a tapered spline which when forced into a hole grip the sides and can free a snapped bolt etc.
How much is another wheel cylinder at Ripco, $20 ?
J Top

[Nisspatrol]

cheers fellas, how much are the easyouts?

[Cossie]

cheers fellas, how much are the easyouts?

probably about the same money as a new wheel cylinder and certainly not guaranteed to work. Buy a new cylinder.

[Red_MAv]

But your easyout will work over and over again on many applications. They are an anticlockwise thread so you drill a pilot hole through whats stuck in there and then screw the easyout in antclockwise so the more it goes in it grips and undoes whatever you have threaded in there. They are a very handy gadget for the toolbox.

[AndrewPatrol]

Easyouts may be worth a try BUT if the bleed nipple is snapped off then its probably in pretty tight. You would need a very small easyout to fit and they break real EASY and then you chuck the whole lot OUT. Drilling for a larger size would run the risk of metal filings getting into the system, then where arre you. Go buy a new wheel cylinder.