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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Sadly my stock of brake unions & bleed nipples mostly went in the bin as they not metric. The few metric unions  I have are too short.

Our local motor spares place shut after Covid - can someone sende a link or telle the size as my flaring tool is still good. Thanks.

Bryanj:
Honda use the odd size m10 Ted and i think the bleed nipples are m7, will check and confirm later,

Bryanj:
M10x1.25 is the pipe thread, cant remember where my spare bleed nipples are but it was a new one in the 500 mate, 8mm spanner size from memory and even if its only been in there a short time warm the caliper body and use a ter wrench to undo

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):

--- Quote from: Bryanj on September 18, 2022, 04:30:12 PM ---M10x1.25 is the pipe thread, cant remember where my spare bleed nipples are but it was a new one in the 500 mate, 8mm spanner size from memory and even if its only been in there a short time warm the caliper body and use a ter wrench to undo

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My m7 was too big, nipple a tad rounded had to put it in the vice & rotate the the caliper half.
Brake pipe was pinched & twisted - snapped the pipe within a fraction of a turn. No Biggie I have plenty of new pipe.

Bryanj:
Careful with new pipe nuts Ted, old imperial when flared had a cone on the end of the pipe that was both sides, dies marked 3/16, metric was only flared on the front and flat backed, dies marked  4·75. I have seen metric pipe nuts advertised that need the imperial flare type

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