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- From: damong@wpi.WPI.EDU (Damon Francis Gentile)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: How to loosen the brake assembly when changing pads?
- Date: 8 Oct 1992 10:36:20 GMT
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- In article <183801@pyramid.pyramid.com> ihusain@pyramid.COM (Intisar Husain) writes:
- >Whenever I changed pads, I always loose the brake assembly, by opening
- >the bleeding valve, and push the piston, by hand. Ofcourse, then I
- >have to do the bleeding.
- >
- >Are there any disadvantages with that??
-
- Well, to save the agony of bleeding, you can open the brake fluid reservoir
- and place a rag over it to be sure that the fluid won't spurt out. You can
- than simply push the piston back by hand or, I've always used a C-clamp and
- a scrap of wood to prevent damage to the cylinder. This is the way that I've
- always done it and it is the approved Fiat method (like it means something,
- too....)
-
- Damon
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