[Rovernet] 3500S front brake bleed valve

Fletcher Millmore gofanu at cust.usachoice.net
Wed Nov 20 21:12:08 EST 2013


I suggest you heat the nipple red hot with an acetylene torch, let it 
cool and unscrew it with pliers. Or, you can put a larger nut over the 
nipple and electric weld it to the nipple, again letting it cool before 
unscrewing. I have removed many like this, without a failure.

FRM

On 11/20/2013 7:28 PM, Vern Klukas wrote:
> The thread is 3/8 fine. Cone end (I guess you’d call that taper).
>
> Yours
> Vern
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> On Nov 20, 2013, at 3:23 PM, GeffMcCarthy <geffandjulie at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> I have rounded the 3/8 front bleed nipple, and cannot free it.  My mechanic,
>> Neville, needs to know if it is a taper, or a ball valve.  The calipers,
>> AFAIK, are original, and I think, rebuilt by White Post.
>>
>> Help please!
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