Vxr2010

I have a few cars with the Sti brembos fitted , when it comes to changing discs or bleeding them etc , there is often some concern , if it will pull the thread on the calliper mounting bolts or will I have a bleeding issue , nipple snap thread pull etc , the main issue I have had is the caliper mounting bolt issue pulling the thread , I have found that if where the bolt sticks out of the caliper towards the disc , if the end of the mounting bolt is cleaned then the chances of pulling the thread is reduced , I have heli coiled these before only once not working well as the bolt had snapped in the caliper , but I did find Pro Calliper in East London really good , they sorted out some bleed nipples very well as I knew I could not do it , posted them too him quick turn around , very good job done , the brembos are a good upgrade but have their issues , mainly around mixing steel bolts and aluminium plus as above dirty threads when taking the mounting bolt off them .

Gambit

iTrader: (6)

yeah i used BiggRed to repair a stripped bleed nipple on one of my rears, again very quick turnaround. so easy to strip something on them!

Vxr2010

It's a shame when they were not first made that they did not have steel insert threads in the bleed nipple areas and the caliper mounting bolt areas , I expect if this was done there would be very few issues , and adding to that , they are now silly prices , I broke a Fsti a few years back possibly three years or so ago , sold all four brembo callipers for 650 £ posted , now they are around 1 k for an axle set and that's not refurbed ☹️👍

dee052

iTrader: (1)

I can recommend BCS in Long Eaton Derbyshire, drilled and helicoiled a Brembo bleed nipple in 2 hours.

nicam49

I've never had problems since starting to apply copper slip to the threads of my bleed nipples, both on my mk3 Mondeo and Subaru GF8 estate.

JdmSti2006

ap's or alcons race calipers- monoblock is a way
fuji are not bad options to