Alistar, I had this happen to me once and just wound up buying a rebuilt
caliper to save time/money.  They are pretty inexpensive and the
"rebuilt" ones we sell are actually new but they still require a core
for some reason.  Let me know if you need help.

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
Phone: 856-327-4936
Fax: 856-327-2242

On 2/2/2011 8:11 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> Bleeding the brakes after pedal assembly fix... rears went well, front
> caliper nipples both sides broke off.
>
> arggh
>
> got one caliper in workshop, starting to drill out nipple. It sure was
> rusted in tight. I'm not confident I can save the caliper.
>
> oh well, so it goes with vanagon ownership, I would have come across
> this sooner or later.
>
> alistair
>