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Bugger!
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I'd be telling them to drill them out... if they were that seized when then tried to loosen with a spanner surely you'd stop at that point?
Keep them on and DIY? Budweg are only about £80 new.
Keep them on and DIY? Budweg are only about £80 new.
Why do u need two new callipers? A good engineer would just drill and tap out the old bleed nipples and replace with new.
Sorry to hear, but not that surprising from BMW.
Don't buy new ones from them. Few options out there like this for instance. M3 has the same front caliper as ours.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-3-2-Front-Brake-Caliper-Genuine-ATE-Right-Drivers-Side-/171935834636?hash=item28082ca20c:g:e5UAAOSwsB9V-Zry
Don't buy new ones from them. Few options out there like this for instance. M3 has the same front caliper as ours.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-3-2-Front-Brake-Caliper-Genuine-ATE-Right-Drivers-Side-/171935834636?hash=item28082ca20c:g:e5UAAOSwsB9V-Zry
ba3bas said:
You won't get much change from £800, fitted undiscounted.
For peace of mind a new pair fitted and warranted (for the right deal noting the inconvenience and lack of care) makes most sense to me, they were not happy to drill and tap with the right taper and I'm not going to push that solution and get the blame if it goes wrong.
They apologised for not letting me know sooner and will find out why no call was made.
To be fair the manager is trying to put things right but run out of time today.
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Brakes are off e46 csl
You can simply reverse thread bit them out
But I wouldn't be doing anything as Bmw should be doing the work
Always coat bleed nipps in lithium grease and put rubber caps back on, my habit as they get heat, dust etc etc
Sorry to hear buddy
Speak to Bmw customer services if no joy from dealer, ps ask to speak to owner/ dealer principle
Then say a valued member (ok lie
Of forum and will slag them off if don't correct damage
Ps they have costs set aside for this sort of stuff north oxford have an £80k budget for this
You can simply reverse thread bit them out
But I wouldn't be doing anything as Bmw should be doing the work
Always coat bleed nipps in lithium grease and put rubber caps back on, my habit as they get heat, dust etc etc
Sorry to hear buddy
Speak to Bmw customer services if no joy from dealer, ps ask to speak to owner/ dealer principle
Then say a valued member (ok lie
Of forum and will slag them off if don't correct damage
Ps they have costs set aside for this sort of stuff north oxford have an £80k budget for this
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Ah cool
mad4slalom
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Spanner happy grease monkeys with little or no " feel". , a miniature blow lamp on the nipple itself once you realise it isn't undoing easily and a squirt of penetrating oil will safely remove most seized nipples. Did it a few months ago on my buggy, then a smear of copper grease and good for years again.
Having bled brakes quite a few times and most recently on my M last weekend, snapping 2 bleed nipples is a pretty poor show, made even worse by an unwillingness to fix the problem. If you've snapped one you should be taking extra care on the next. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, someone might have over tightened the nipples on the previous brake fluid bleed. But then i assume its that dealer that had done the previous bleed so ultimatly they've caused the problem. Breaking two nipples and then expecting the client to fork out for new callipers, even at a discounted rate, is poor service in my opinion.
Shows that this particular BMW main dealer is only interested in replacing bits on newer cars and the 'technicians' clearly don't have the skills to deal with slightly older models or anything more than basic replacement work. Hence once the car is out of warranty a proper specialist service history has more value than lots of main dealer stamps.
Shows that this particular BMW main dealer is only interested in replacing bits on newer cars and the 'technicians' clearly don't have the skills to deal with slightly older models or anything more than basic replacement work. Hence once the car is out of warranty a proper specialist service history has more value than lots of main dealer stamps.
