> One method that works is to reassemble the calipers, and install the bleed
> valve. Find a bolt the right thread to go into the inlet hole, drill a
> passage through it lengthwise and drill and tap the head to take a grease
> zerk. Screw the bolt into place, and use your grease gun to pump the
> caliper full of grease. An ordinary grease gun is capable of generating
> very high pressures, I've never seen a stuck caliper or slave cylinder
this
> wouldn't budge. Of course, you'll have a large mess to clean up
afterwards
> ...
I used a slightly different version of this that worked well for me. Since I
was replacing the flex lines anyway, I took one and cut it in half. I took
the half with the fitting that goes on the caliper and into the open end,
inserted a tire valve from which I had trimmed away a good portion of the
rubber from the brass stem. As I recall it was too tight a fit so I taped
the brass and then screwed it into the end of the hose. If it isn't a tight
a fit, a hose clamp should keep it in. I don't have a compressor so I used
a bicycle pump on the tire valve and the cylinder popped out - no grease to
clean up.
Bob
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