Bluewind

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Help!

The previous owner of my car installed a Stoptech brake kit. Somehow he overtorqued and jammed the bleed screw so that when I tried to open it, it snapped in half... Currently where the bleed screw was is now a broken piece of metal level to that of the caliper. I have no way of opening/closing or removing the screw. All i see is a small hole where the fluid was supposed to come out of.

How can this be repaired? Stoptech said they cannot help me.

Mahjik

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Remove the caliper and see if you can use an ez-out.

HotRodMex

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I found a tip online: Find a square or hex bit to hammer into the bleeder bolt hole. you should be able to turn the bolt out after a few good whacks.

Bluewind

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This didn't work!!!

The bit snapped in half with it stuck in the center of the bleeder hole. Now this is going to make drilling very difficult.

HotRodMex

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Your **** must be way frozen then. I even used a cheap Chinese bit and didn't have that problem. Mine actually broke up the bleeder a bit and I had to re-hammer it.

That is some real shitty luck.

Bluewind

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I was researching this problem a bit and I've seen quite a few threads where backouts actually break. I'm going to have a friend drill it out and use a Wilwood Bleeder Repair Kit. It basically acts as an adapter where you drill and tap the old broken off bleeder. Hope this works, I'm not looking forward to buying a replacement Stoptech caliper.

burtoncr

I would think Stoptech could sell you the bare caliper half.

Bluewind

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If they sell just the half, that would be great.

I'm wondering if I should drill and tap the passage/body of the caliper for a new bleed port.

HotRodMex

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That would be a question for StopTech.

Bluewind

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Problem Solved: Friend had a set of Tungsten Carbide tipped drills, which is designed for drilling through hardened steel. The rest came out with an ez-out. ~whew