AAARRRGGGHH!

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Tom Woods

Guest

• Sep 29, 2006

• #1

Why is it that the last thing you do always goes wrong?!

Finally got the brakes on my 2A back together. Thought i'd bleed them
up tonight so that i could get an early start in the truck tommorrow.

I was working round bleeding them, got to the last corner and the
nipple broke off!

Then just to make it even more fun the brake pipe connector on that
cylinder has also rounded off! (I was even using the proper brake pipe
spanner on it too!).

What have i done to deserve it!

I now need to do parts shopping trip number 4

 

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Dougal

Guest

• Sep 29, 2006

• #2

Tom Woods wrote:

> I was even using the proper brake pipe spanner on it too!

An important lesson here which we've mentioned in connection with
brake caliper attachment bolts .... the tool which is 'correct' when
used with new parts is frequently not the right one when the nut/bolt
has deteriorated with rust, abuse etc..

It's far more important to choose a suitable tight-fitting spanner
than one which is the 'correct' size. Avoid open enders if you can
when undoing tight fasteners. Often tightly applied gas pliers (with
sharp 'teeth') can cause less damage than a spanner.

 

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[email protected]

Guest

• Sep 29, 2006

• #3

I always try a little tightening first, nipping it up a fraction before i
try to undo a nut or bolt, especially in the brake lines or fittings. So far
and together with appropriate tools ( and plus-gas) i've been lucky.

Wolfie

 

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Alex

Guest

• Sep 30, 2006

• #4

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:34:13 GMT, [email protected] wrote:

>I always try a little tightening first, nipping it up a fraction before i
>try to undo a nut or bolt, especially in the brake lines or fittings. So far
>and together with appropriate tools ( and plus-gas) i've been lucky.
>

doesnt matter how much you apply plusgas, a steel bleed nipple
electrolytically corroded into an aluminium wheel cylinder will not
come out.

Alex

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Oct 1, 2006

• #5

On or around Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:30:47 +0100, Dougal
<DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>Tom Woods wrote:
>
>> I was even using the proper brake pipe spanner on it too!
>
>An important lesson here which we've mentioned in connection with
>brake caliper attachment bolts .... the tool which is 'correct' when
>used with new parts is frequently not the right one when the nut/bolt
>has deteriorated with rust, abuse etc..
>
>It's far more important to choose a suitable tight-fitting spanner
>than one which is the 'correct' size. Avoid open enders if you can
>when undoing tight fasteners. Often tightly applied gas pliers (with
>sharp 'teeth') can cause less damage than a spanner.

the proper brake pipe spanner is often the best bet at least as a first
effort: mine is a single hex with one corner removed.

bleed nipples are a sod if they break though.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Oct 1, 2006

• #6

Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:
> On or around Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:30:47 +0100, Dougal
> <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Tom Woods wrote:
>>
>>> I was even using the proper brake pipe spanner on it too!
>>
>> An important lesson here which we've mentioned in connection with
>> brake caliper attachment bolts .... the tool which is 'correct' when
>> used with new parts is frequently not the right one when the nut/bolt
>> has deteriorated with rust, abuse etc..
>>
>> It's far more important to choose a suitable tight-fitting spanner
>> than one which is the 'correct' size. Avoid open enders if you can
>> when undoing tight fasteners. Often tightly applied gas pliers (with
>> sharp 'teeth') can cause less damage than a spanner.
>
> the proper brake pipe spanner is often the best bet at least as a
> first effort: mine is a single hex with one corner removed.
>
> bleed nipples are a sod if they break though.

Oooo I do hope Tom wasn't out in that rain.... at least work has it's up
sides now and then. Then again Tom you completed that car port?

Lee D

 

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Tom Woods

Guest

• Oct 1, 2006

• #7

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:17:02 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Oooo I do hope Tom wasn't out in that rain.... at least work has it's up
>sides now and then. Then again Tom you completed that car port?

Yeah, I was out there, but the carport is now fully roofed! So it
stayed fairly dry.
It needs a concrete base now though so i dont have to get covered in
gravel and I am very tempted to give it some walls! apparently it can
have 2 walls and still be a carport (it already has a hedge on one
side)

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Oct 2, 2006

• #8

Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> Yeah, I was out there, but the carport is now fully roofed! So it
> stayed fairly dry.
> It needs a concrete base now though so i dont have to get covered in
> gravel and I am very tempted to give it some walls! apparently it can
> have 2 walls and still be a carport (it already has a hedge on one
> side)

And a big gate too would be handy

Lee D