Hello -

I had a great afternoon putting new seals in the front right caliper (ATE) on my daily driver, a 1979 300TD. Then I noticed the bleeder nipple had broken off. I broke lots of bits and finally snapped an Ease Out extractor bit in the hole. I pulled another bleeder valve off my later model parts car (1982 330SD?) and it looks like the right size so i've got a replacement. My question is can I get the machinist in town to drill out the hole and tap new threads, or is there something I'm missing? Other posts on this forum suggest if you break off an extractor bit than the caliper is hooped. I live in Haida Gwaii and it will take at least two weeks to get a rebuilt caliper up here. Thanks for any advice.

Meredith