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- From: rossi@gvlf9-q.gvl.unisys.com (Pete Rossi)
- Subject: Re: How to loosen the brake assembly when changing pads?
- Message-ID: <1992Oct8.140720.14126@gvl.unisys.com>
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- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:07:20 GMT
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- In article <1b12v4INNgi2@bigboote.WPI.EDU> damong@wpi.WPI.EDU (Damon Francis Gentile) writes:
-
- >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....)
-
- This method is basically what my GM service manual says to do too. Simple and
- cheap (if you already have a big C-clamp). Only problem is the piston will
- tend to want to come back out by itself a little so you have to push it back
- in (way back in) again just after you put the new pads on and are about
- to put the caliper back on.
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