Bleed Nipples???

[chunk166]

Happy New Year everyone, Just a quick question.How do I free up the bleed nipples on my rear caliper? They look quite corroded  but I don't want to snap off the bleed nipples as they look a bit dodgy & as my bike is my only transport I need to get it right first time!! I understand that these (fzs600 2002) calipers as notorious for seizing up!! Apart from fitting a FZS1000/XJR1300 caliper (lots of £££££). I expect this should be in the FZS600 section but I feel i might get more tips/answers here in the General section.
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[/size]Ray

[joebloggs]

WD40/plusgas etc etc

If you think its likely to shear you and get banjo bolts with bleed niples in them

[chunk166]

Never heard of "banjo bolts with bleed niples in them" I will have a look on ebay & order 1. I suppose they work the same way as normal banjo bolts??

[joebloggs]

Never heard of "banjo bolts with bleed niples in them" I will have a look on ebay & order 1. I suppose they work the same way as normal banjo bolts??

Yeah, tighten up banjo as normal, then spanner on both banjo and bleed nipple to lock it up

[chunk166]

Awesome, thanks for the info. Just 1 thing there are two sizes of "pitch" 1.00 & 1.25 Any idea which is correct??
Thanks

[joebloggs]

M10 1.25 pitch

[chunk166]

Cheers, Will order one now 

[Deefer666]

I've got some Banjo with bleed nipples, I used them on Laura's trike when I realised that the previous owner had not just snapped the bleed nipples off but filled them in as well 

But I always heat corroded bleed nipples up and then quench them with penetrating oil (not WD40, that's wank!). I do that a couple of times and they nearly always wind straight out.