Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted June 3, 2014 Leadership Team Share Posted June 3, 2014 Has anyone used Stahlbus brake bleed nipples? Seems like a reasonable cost improvement to aid regular bleeding of the system and at around £20 per calliper doesn't seem "so" expensive. Appear to be generally available for bikes but not really come across them for cars. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 They look pretty neat. Any idea who might sell them in the right sizes for standard Spitfire and Sierra calipers (and are they the same?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Im pretty sure that that is what was supplied with my Duratec hydraulic clutch from Burtons ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Sierra calipers are M10x1.0 Demon tweeks have these valves in this size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted June 3, 2014 Author Leadership Team Share Posted June 3, 2014 If I can work out the sizes needed, so do Motorworks at around 2/3 the price! Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I suspect the front (Spitfire) ones are 3/8 UNF but I'm having a hard time finding out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted June 3, 2014 Member Share Posted June 3, 2014 Front: this leads to this, which says 3/8" x 24. At the price of the fancy ones I'd make sure I ordered the right size by running a bolt or ordinary nipple in first... Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbutnotslow Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 It looks like a bit of great engineering. However I cant help thinking about the Americans spending lots of $ creating a ball pen that would write in space The Russians just took pencils! GUNSONS EEZIBLEED available at just £14 + Post Mmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ford Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 They didn't, you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domus Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The Russians just took pencils! Urban myth, bits of broken off pencil floating around would not be welcome. Must learn to type with more than two fingers Edited by - Domus on 4 Jun 2014 18:03:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myothercarsa2cv Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I got some fancy nipples for easy bleeding (one way valves). Didn't realise front and rears were different threads, ruined the rear calipers, and the threaded bit wasn't long enough for the fronts so didn't seal properly (nut bit grounded out on the caliper body). These ones. All in all a very expensive mistake for something that really isn't that much of an issue anyway 😶🌫️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Leadership Team Share Posted June 5, 2014 John, I believe one of the selling points of the Stahlbus is that it's a 2 part assembly so once fitted, there's no reason to ever unscrew the section that is threaded into calliper. I've known a couple of instances of the Caterham/AP front callipers having damaged threads resulting in a slow weep of fluid, obviously more problematic with ally callipers than steel. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted June 5, 2014 Member Share Posted June 5, 2014 Quoting oldbutnotslow: However I cant help thinking about the Americans spending lots of $ creating a ball pen that would write in space The Russians just took pencils!Quoting Roger Ford: They didn't, you knowQuoting Domus: Urban myth, bits of broken off pencil floating around would not be welcome. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishmaninwales Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Quoting sforshaw: John, I believe one of the selling points of the Stahlbus is that it's a 2 part assembly so once fitted, there's no reason to ever unscrew the section that is threaded into calliper. I've known a couple of instances of the Caterham/AP front callipers having damaged threads resulting in a slow weep of fluid, obviously more problematic with ally callipers than steel. Stu. Hmmm...never unscrewing them? My experience of standard nipples not being unscrewed for a long period results in them becoming seized and snapping off. Further down the line these fancy ones might need removing, for example to refurb the caliper. Unless of course they are are corrosion resistant - I haven't read all the associated blurb on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbutnotslow Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Whether they did or didnt wasnt really what I was alluding to. (but interesting to learn that they both did to start with.) To quote the article sometimes we expend a great deal of time, effort, and money to create a "high-tech" solution to a problem, when a perfectly good, cheap, and simple answer is right before our eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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