Hi,
I have split, cleaned, painted, installed new stainless pistons and seals on
the TR6 with not problems. I would encourage the stainless and I bought mine
from TRF. Brakes work great with no leaks. Not sure if the TR6 calipers are the
same as the TR4 but I just used the torque settings from the Bentley manual.
Hopefully another list member can provide those numbers. The triumph owners
site link below shows some pics from my caliper work.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: lbc.resto@comcast.net
To: Triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: [TR] FW: Early TR4 - Front Brakes
I now have one of the front brake calipers apart. I know that you're not
supposed to split them, but that is the only way that the pistons were going to
come out after decades of nil use. Also, I am not going to trust the condition
of the 44 year old seal between the 2 halves; Moss shows that they have them in
stock. The 2 pistons have badly rusted where they were exposed, but all the
"hidden" areas look to be in good condition.
So to today's questions:
1 - Has anyone split a caliper and succesfully put it back together without
leaks? If so, what torque values should I use?
2 - Both Moss and TRF show replacement pistons. TRF state that they make their
own from Stainless, don't know about Moss. Anyone have any experience with
either of these, or others?
As always, thanks for the assistance.
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