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Re: stuck brake calipers

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Subject: Re: stuck brake calipers
From: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:30:30 -0500
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Trovato" <strovato@optonline.net>


>I favor the grease gun idea, with grease.  It isn't THAT hard to 
>clean the grease out.  You're rebuilding it anyway.

Well that is what I did. I tried a grease gun with brake fluid in it. 
It'd pump some fluid (in addition to leaking out the barrel) but the 
other problem is that the leaky old seals in the caliper just dribbled 
brake fluid.

The grease worked. I suppose being more viscous helped.

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell




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