I hate working on brakes

[DXP55]

I have gone the whole hog - put new discs and calipers on - the Greenstuff pads have only been on 9 months so kept them - On a trip to take the old caliper back for deposit I tried brakes a few times and smooth as silk - no judder at all - Said to bloke in Auto shop if I come in again for anything brake related refuse to serve me. I have not messed with brakes since early 80's and don't intend to again till 2080s.

 

[theone8181]

That happened to me when I replaced the rear callipers on my car.

It’s a fine line between tight and snapped on a little bleed nipple. I also watched my boss snap my 7mm spanner trying to remove a bleed nipple on a different set of brakes.

That's quite impressive that the nipple didn't snap! I'm not sure what would be best, although I'd imagine steel nipples are better than aluminium ones.

 

[DXP55]

Mine that had snapped off were steel. Alloy ones must be like warm butter. - anyway 9mm nipples are really way to small - the 11mm on rear take some breaking.