Re: Removing broken grease nipple

[Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>]

Try a "screw extractor".  They look something like a backwards twist drill bit
with a squre on the end of the shank for a tap tool.  They make them in all
kinds of sizes.
Mike macLean-60 Sprite

Rich Hill wrote:

> One of the grease nipples on the front suspension of our Sprite has been
> sheared off (not by me, I'm not guilty this time!).  Before I attack this
> with various "tools" that I have laying around, I was hoping for some "been
> there, done that" advice.  This is the lower nipple in the stub axle.  The
> car is a Bugeye so the access to the front suspension is pretty good.  Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Hill
> '79 MG Midget
> '60 AH Sprite