Unexpected expense from bi-annual brake fluid change

[Mark CSL]

Originally Posted by lawsy

Look at it from my point of view as a garage owner Mark......

Its not my car, its not my caliper, its not my bleed nipple and its not my corrosion that caused it. Its the owners car, the owners caliper, the owners bleed nipple, and the owners corrosion.

I have bled the brakes on probably 1000's of calipers, and about 5 have snapped on me personally over the years. You can only turn the nipple, I know how to undo a bolt correctly, and if one does snap I know 100% its not my fault.

Its not always as black and white as it might seem.

Having said that on the ones that have snapped, we have repaired all of them at no cost to the customer, because customer service goes a long long way, and if a customer returns, the profit from their business over the years, and their reccomendations, more than covers the small time taken to repair. Most come out with easy outs, heat, penetrating oil and lots of patience, only one required drilling and tapping.

It does not take long to take a caliper off and get it in the vice to work on.

I Know what you mean bolts brake all the time.
All i was saying its a BMW part that has failed on a BMW in a BMW garage
they should fix it as you said you sorted the ones that broke on you