Weeping brakes

[Bryanj]

Use a proper brake pipe nut spanner(full six sided hex with a slot to clear pipe) and tighten the nut more, you need to "bed" the flares together

[AndyD]

Thanks again,
Brian - I hadn't come across a brake line spanner before so had a google and one on order now - hopefully that'll allow proper tightening of the fixings.

Cheers,
Andy

[AndyD]

Bryan,
Flare spanner did the job - thanks for recommending that as I wasn't familiar with these.
Tightened the bleed nipple a bit more and that stopped the leak there as well so looks good to go now.
And always good to have another shiny tool in the drawer!
Cheers,
Andy

[Bryanj]

Andy, just remember in years to come that you need to warm the caliper with a plumbers type torch before trying to undo the bleed nipple

[AndyD]

Thanks Bryan, will do.

Also I've got another old caliper with a damaged bleed nipple I'm looking to sort.
The nipple has been broken at the top but has a reasonable bit still sticking out to get hold of.
It's been soaking in penetrating oil for a while and I wondered whether sticking the caliper in the oven for a while would help to free the nipple before trying to loosen it - what do you think?

Cheers,
Andy

[Bryanj]

Use a blowtorch or buy a repair kit from me, drill and tap 1/8 npt screw in the kit adaptor and use the bleed nipple into the adaptor. Look up NAPA bleeder repair kit