[Healeys] Front caliper rebuilds

Sat Jun 11 07:11:25 MDT 2022

What worked for me was to remove the caliper from the car, reconnect it to its brake pipe and press the brake pedal. You have a great source of power built in to the car! You lose a bit of fluid of course.
Mike B56 BN2 with 3000 mk1 front discs.

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Today's Topics:

  1. Front caliper rebuilds (Don Day)
  2. Re: Front caliper rebuilds (Bob Haskell)
  3. Front caliper rebuilds (Perry Small)
  4. Re: Front caliper rebuilds (Michael Salter)

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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:55:38 -0400
From: Don Day <fsufan1952 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [Healeys] Front caliper rebuilds
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I?m working on my 65 BJ-8 front calipers . Car has sat for 10 to 15 years . I?m rebuilding the calipers and I can only get one of the calipers pistons to come out. After removing the caliper I?ve applied air pressure to the inlet and I was only able to free up the outside piston . What can be done to free up the inboard piston ? 
    Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
            Thanks , Don 

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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 06:58:55 -0400
From: Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Front caliper rebuilds
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Don,

I have used a small grease gun to remove stuck pistons.? I remove the 
Zerk coupler and screw the tube into the caliper's brake line hole.? Use 
a C clamp to hold the freed piston in place.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 6/10/22 10:55 PM, Don Day via Healeys wrote:
> I?m working on my 65 BJ-8 front calipers . Car has sat for 10 to 15 years . I?m rebuilding the calipers and I can only get one of the calipers pistons to come out. After removing the caliper I?ve applied air pressure to the inlet and I was only able to free up the outside piston . What can be done to free up the inboard piston ?
>      Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>              Thanks , Don
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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:08:11 -0400
From: Perry Small <healeyguy at aol.com>
To: Don Day <fsufan1952 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [Healeys] Front caliper rebuilds
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Don
I found a tool years ago that really helps getting the pistons loose. Example shown below. The ability to turn the piston in the bore seems to do the trick. Recommend spraying brake cleaner on the parts first. 
Perry

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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:35:28 -0400
From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
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For really seized caliper pistons I use this ... them a grease gun as a
last resort.

On Sat., Jun. 11, 2022, 8:08 a.m. Perry Small via Healeys, <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Don
> I found a tool years ago that really helps getting the pistons loose.
> Example shown below. The ability to turn the piston in the bore seems to do
> the trick. Recommend spraying brake cleaner on the parts first.
> Perry
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