- 1. [Tigers] Break Caliper Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Brown" <jbbrown1980@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 16:55:35 -0500
- I'm having some trouble getting the pistons out of the front brake calipers (the car has been sitting for something like 25 years). On each caliper I was able to get one piston out using compressed
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- 2. Re: [Tigers] Break Caliper Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:31:54 +0100
- how about hooking up a master cylinder, bleed it and pump it out with the one that moves held in place? http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/owain.lloyd@gmail.com ____________________________
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- 3. Re: [Tigers] Break Caliper Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:44:15 -0400
- A friend of mine tells me he never has a problem with this; he soaks the caliper in oil overnight or for a day. I know I have clamped the piston that moves easily with some wood and clamps and then
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- 4. Re: [Tigers] Break Caliper Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:51:56 -0700
- I tried all the "oil, compressed air" tricks to no avail. I wound up heating the caliper (not sure if it helped) and banging it onto a piece of wood. Somewhere between the 15th to 20th full, overhea
- /html/tigers/2010-10/msg00068.html (7,528 bytes)
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