Can this radiator be fixed (Needs bleeding)

[Usjes]

Hi,

I have been bleeding my radiators but have come across a problem with one of them(IMG3.JPG) and am wondering if there is any solution or if I will have to replace it entirely. The problem is that the end has been sheared off the bleeding screw and so there is nothing for the bleeding key(IMG4) to take hold of. See IMG2.JPG, I have stripped away the paint around the bleeding valve and you can see that the end has been sheared off the bleeding screw (the square brass coloured bit at the center of the silver circle). Is it possible to fix this somehow, or might the entire silver circular valve be removable ? It looks to me like it is part of the body of the radiator with the bleeding screw being the only removable part, but it is hard to be sure. Any ideas ?

Thanks

IMG2:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...ID=108806867&albumID=2325937&imageID=35741137
IMG3:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...ID=108806867&albumID=2325937&imageID=35741145
IMG4:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...ID=108806867&albumID=2325937&imageID=35741153

 

[swbjackson]

You're going to have to take the radiator off to change it if you can't get the screw out so I'd take it and try a screw extractor to get the bleed screw out. You've lost nothing except a bit of time if it doesn't work.

 

[JonB]

Not a plumber but doesnt the broken bleed screw look as if its in a removable insert, in which caes a set of pipe grips or similar.
JonB

 

[namsag]

You wil prob have to replace the rad, The only nipples that fit these are from that make of rad so unless you find one at the scrappy or make something up you have had it.
These rads are a pain for this loads like it ,they used to come with a little offset spanner instead of a key