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Leakydiff

Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #1

The nipples on my 2004 TD5 Defender is badly rusted and needs replacing. On e-bay they sell stainless ones, but none look like the Landy ones. Does anybody know whether you can get SS ones of the correct size and if so, where.

 

Turboman

Mab An Gov

• Jan 8, 2019

• #2

Leakydiff said:

The nipples on my 2004 TD5 Defender is badly rusted and needs replacing. On e-bay they sell stainless ones, but none look like the Landy ones. Does anybody know whether you can get SS ones of the correct size and if so, where.

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Not offhand, but you could probably get the same effect much cheaper by coating the new standard nipples with grease after you have done them up.

 

Mick X11

Active Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #3

Be very careful getting the rusted one out, I know from experience how easily rusted steel ones break off in motorcycle calipers!

 

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lynall

Well-Known Member

Full Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #4

Cheap tip that just works, is to fill the little rubber cap with any old grease before refitting it to the nipple.
Stainless has its place, but is dead easy to shear off in the smaller sizes.

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #5

A touch of copper ease on the thread's. Done this for years and rarely have any problem undoing nipples. +1 to the blob of grease as well.

 

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guineafowl21

Well-Known Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #6

tottot said:

A touch of copper ease on the thread's. Done this for years and rarely have any problem undoing nipples. +1 to the blob of grease as well.

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+1 copper grease. Even when I fit new calipers, I remove the nipples and copper grease them.

 

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Leakydiff

Member

• Jan 9, 2019

• #7

Thanks for all the advice. Have got a friend that restores old Wolsleys and he is going to give me a hand as a dab hand at rusty lumps.