Brake bleeder broken off in caliper.

[Black Widow97]

Is there a way of getting this out or am I stuck buying a caliper? I have tried grabbing the little nub left sticking out with a vise grip, and it just ate away at what was left sticking out. it's pretty much flush now. A bolt extractor just slips, and i drilled it out some to get the extractor in. Is my caliper fvcked?

 

[Tyeler18]

Had this happen to the rear caliper on my 2g and my 1g. It was new caliper time for me.

 

[Black Widow97]

Oh awesome. I figured I would need a new one, but I thought id ask if anyone had and tricks to try before I resort to buying a new/used one.

 

[Tyeler18]

I tried drilling mine out for 3 days before giving up on it. It's hard to tell how far down you've drilled until you finally bottom out and completely ruin the caliper. When the 1g one broke off I tried turning it out with a vice, but after that failed I gave in and just bought the new caliper.

 

[Black Widow97]

Damn.. I was looking foreward to finishing by brakes this weekend too.

 

[crazycooter]

Was the caliper with the broken bleeder disconnected??? I had to bleed my brakes and also broke one of the bleeders!!! Front drivers side!!! Luckily this is not the brake with the bad brake line that was replaced!!! However, my car is a 93 gst without abs!! Stops straight!!

 

[blaster1812]

I snapped a bleeder on my brother's winter beater Saturn when I was in the process of beading the breaks but got her out after. I soaked it in PB blaster for a few min, tapped in an easy out and then took a pair of channel locks to turn it and after a couple min of cussing it was out! Was a pain in the ass but it's doable cause there was no way in hell I was going to replace a caliper on that POS

 

[Black Widow97]

Ok. I will try that. Thanks.

 

[overboosted1g]

I've done the same thing I heated the remaining piece of bleeder screw with a map gas torch and used some pb blaster and it came right out.

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[Black Widow97]

I've done the same thing I heated the remaining piece of bleeder screw with a map gas torch and used some pb blaster and it came right out.

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Ok, I have it soaking in WD-40. I will try heating it up with a propane torch (that's all i have access to) tonight and using an easy out. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[ramsack]

Heat up the caliper and use a good extractor tool and it will come right out.

 

[Slavic1991]

or just get a new caliper for 20bux on ebay. thats what i did.

 

[kchaazz]

If the extractor wont do it, just go to the opposite side, remove the bleeder, insert your drillbit til it bottoms out, and mark the bit by wrapping tape around it. This way, you will know how far you can drill on the other caliper. Ive had to do something similar before and had to progressively drill, switching to slightly larger bits as I went. REVERSE bits work wonders cause once you get the broken part thin enough, the reverse bitll sometimes grab it and literally unscrew it out for you

 

[Black Widow97]

Alright guys, It worked! I got the little SOB out! Thanks for the help.

 

[motozachl]

This just happened to me hope I can get it out

 

[Maverick4g63]

I have used a pnuematic scribe tool to extract broken bolt before. The vibration will sometimes help in the extraction process as you use the tip of the scribe to unscrew the bolt.

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[newtodsm97gst]

this just happened to me, i drilled a new one right next to the broken one and thread it, we'll see if its going to work, just need to get the bleeder. would this work?

 

[T is for TURBO]

As long as its still facing the same direction as the old one and you were careful you keep shavings out of the caliper, then I don't see an issue.

 

[99gst_racer]

I knew this was a 2G thread before I even opened it. I'd like to backhand the engineer that thought it was an awesome idea to downsize to a 7mm bleeder for the 2G models.

On a positive note though, remanufacturered calipers run about $60 last time I checked. Might be more than it's worth trying to get the broken piece back out.

 

[newtodsm97gst]

I knew this was a 2G thread before I even opened it. I'd like to backhand the engineer that thought it was an awesome idea to downsize to a 7mm bleeder for the 2G models.

On a positive note though, remanufacturered calipers run about $60 last time I checked. Might be more than it's worth trying to get the broken piece back out.

your right, might as well get a new one, it's $40 at autozone with core.