Alloy calipers
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I've got a set of alloy minisport calipers off an old flame I bought to put on my clubby estate. I fitted them at the weekend and tried in vain to get the bleed nipples to open but you can guess that no matter how much WD40 and heat I put into them, they ended up shearing.

A local machine shop is trying to get them out for me (at great expense!) at the moment. Providings this is successful, any suggestions to ensure I don't have the same problem again?

cheers

Rob

dont tighten them as much?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Keep playing with your nipples.

Back once again like a renegade master

I have to agree .. keep disturbing them (every 6 months or so) ... that is all that has worked for me in the past. A Pain I know but it is a 100% method of keeping them free.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

This is not the first time ive heard this about the Minisport calipers.

Remind me not to buy some

Sprocket ..... don't buy any Minisport calipers
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or any of the other bits of tat they sell (my opinion and I am entitled to it .... although I would not use their stuff please don't take that as meaning their stuff is rubbish .... especially if your a laywer!!!!)

Edited by RogerM on 18th Sep, 2007.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Dont buy them Sprocket.

Back once again like a renegade master

Snap roger. LOL

Back once again like a renegade master

Perhaps a trace of copper slip on the threads ???? to stop the mild steel nipples fusing to the alloy ?

I had a crome alloy mtb frame that meterlugically bonded itself to the alloy seat post.......

BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....

Build thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=7483

Katy Mini Owners Club Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=505552

Let's make sure you embarrass at least one VTEC MINI today !

https://www.facebook.com/groups/17557298589...096464253807802

I bought them as is so no idea what was done with them by the previous owner. Apparenty the nipples are hardened which is making it harder to get them out apparently - well that was the excuse for phoning me yesterday and telling me it was going to cost more to sort!

I wont repeat his comments on the 'engineering'

i thought the nipples were steel and the calipers being made of alloy that they tend to sieze in? minisport calipers had a poor rep for a long time due to shit dust seals there was even a website dedicated to slating them at one point, i think that issue has been sorted now though

get some duralac

its an anti corrosion compound used on the elise that they put on to stop glavanic corrosion

Cheers Nic - any idea where I can get some?

Got the calipers back yesterday - hopefully they are ok now but I've now not a very small crack in the casting next to one of the nipples. Given the way the unit is cast in the position I don't think it will be an issue. They had better be as I've just blown 91% of the budget for the whole car on them!

budget? whats one of those?

if the machinist made the crack, what did they say in their defence?

after i doubled my budget i just stopped counting lol. seriously though what did the machinist say?

or alternatively you could get a weak thread lock and put it on the threads

this is actually probably a better option than the duralac

id get them really clean and grease free ,then cover my nipples in silicone .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

machinist read the riot act so to speak when i took them in that they wouldn't be held responsible for any damage as a result and it was my risk.

as for the budget, the car is just a budget hack to have some fun in. I got it free off a mate, bought a scrapper doner for £100, new set of tyres and a few odds and sods - hoping to get it on the road all in including insurance for no more than £500 - will let you know how i get on!

How old were the calipers in the first place? are they the old design shape?

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-MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO-

not sure how old they are - i've had the car they came off for at least 18 months and I know it sat round for a while before i bought it and they wern't new then - my guess 3-4 years

Theres your problem.
Are they all sorted out now?

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not had a chance to get them on the car yet - heading down the workshop tomorrow night after work hopefully - cxan't wait to get it out for a blast!!