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hairygit:
Went to visit my mum in Hastings last weekend, took my 750 F1, and it performed superbly on the way down (250 miles from where I live in Devon). Anyway, went to visit an old mate while I was there, and when I came back to the bike, some Bas***d had stolen my front caliper >:( Local police just gave me a crime number on the phone, they couldn't spare anyone to come and see me :o. My insurance company was the biggest shock, they didn't want to know, as 1, the bike itself wasn't stolen, 2, the small print on the policy states that the theft cover does not apply between 10p.m. and 6 a.m. if the bike is not locked in a garage :'(. Luckily I'm a member of the AA, and they ferried the bike and me back to Devon :). Managed to find a used caliper on E-Bay, paid £53 for it, knowing the bleed nipple was sheared. It arrived yesterday, what the seller failed to mention was the fact he had tried to get the nipple out, and had snapped an easy out screw extractor in it :'( So, anyone got any ideas on how to remove it, it's broken flush with the top of the nipple so I can't try using a punch to tap it round, and it's too hard to drill it out. I have found a seller on E-Bay in germany who has a few NOS calipers, but at 380 euros each (about £330) plus postage, I can't afford to justify spending that sort of cash at the moment

Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Hairygit.
Sorry to hear of your loss your right scumbags.Many moons ago where I lived there was a multi storey car park and that had a nickname of Pentagon spares.Someone has probably nicked yours to order or keep watching you know what.Bye the way I bet nobody saw bugger all.
Hope you get sorted soon.
Regards
Bitsa

kifer:
Wow, Your lucky the fookers left the bike. Not much room to work on the caliper presume the easy out is fluted you could try drilling down the flutes? but I suspect you will req a bush by the time you have removed old nipple. You could give DK Motorcycles 01782 338707  a ring they may have a good second hand one. I have had all sorts off them good lads always try to help. Good luck.

hairygit:
Sadly it's NOT fluted, otherwise I'd have been in there with th punch, there isn't any bit sticking up, it's totally flat >:(

Tomb:
Sorry to hear that Hairy

The way my insurance was explained to me by my insurer was   .......If the vehicle is at my home it has to be kept in a locked garage between 10pm and 6am, if its not at home, like at a rally, or Euro trip you obviously can't lock it your garage every night, then its OK to not be in a locked garage during those hours. I would go back to your insurers and check that small print again. EG does it have European travel cover? mine does, so that automatically moots the locked garage clause whilst not at home.

Many times I've used masonry drills, the ones with tungsten carbide tips brazed in, ground a proper sharp edge onto them, (this is possible with a normal carborundum wheel but better with a diamond wheel.)

These sharpened drills will drill an easy-out ('kin hate that name, when EVER have they been "easy-out", shite things >:()
Be sure to use coolant, the tips get hot enough to melt the braze, don't ask me how I know :P

The other option, is there any little engineering places near, Toolmakers? they'll have a spark eroder which will rip the thing out in minutes

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