AMfoto1@aol.com wrote:
>A little "brake assembly" grease or oil can make that job easier...
>
>Someone suggested using a little low-pressure compressed air blown in through
>the bleeder or line connection hole, to get the boot to pop into place over
>the piston. I had some success with that, but had to restort to a dull hooked
>tool on a couple, to tease them into place carefully without damaging them.
>
I found the air pressure mthod made it much easier... had my wife run
the air while I finagled the boot. I also made a little tool out of 12
ga solid copper wire, hooked a bit and rounded on the end. First one
took a few minutes but by the time I got to number 4 we had it down to a
2 second blast of air and it would pop on.
Brake assembly stuff was a big help too. You'll need to insert the
opposite piston to get this to work (for the first one just insert it
w/o the boot) but be sure to secure it with a block between the 2
pistons -- even at low pressure that thing could bite you.
Geo Hahn
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