This is a big risk...citronut wrote:the only thing i would be concerned about is damage to the nipple seat with the drill bit in the alloy caliper, because if you damage that you might have prob's sealing the replacement,
regards malcolm
No, it won't as O rings are not designed to seal like that.KennyW wrote: Do you or anybody else think by using one of the LHM seals cut down or 'O' ring seal may work.
It's these issues that have made me use nipple adaptors in the past Kenny...
Using one you can tap the caliper oversize and no worry about creating a sealing seat in the caliper itself. The set in the adaptor takes care of it...
You can try retapping and fitting an oversize nipple by all means and if it fails you can fall back to the adaptor. Nothing lost then...