Help with rear Brake job on FD...911
09-04-13, 08:14 AM
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Help with rear Brake job on FD...911
Ok so what is up with the rear calipers on the FD, the caliper piston is not an open hole and it won't retract enuf to slide over the new pads and rotor...any immediate help would be appreciated as I have to finish the brake job tonight!!!
09-04-13, 08:21 AM
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open the brake bleed and allow some fluid to come out which will let you open the brake up further. Just make sure you bleed the brakes well after you are done.
09-04-13, 08:26 AM
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You must screw in the rear calipers with a Borg Cube or a hefty set needle nose pliers if you are brave.
Do not try to compress the piston with a clamp or you will **** it up.
Also, you must align the slots on the piston to slide over the nubs on the pads.
Do not try to compress the piston with a clamp or you will **** it up.
Also, you must align the slots on the piston to slide over the nubs on the pads.
09-04-13, 08:29 AM
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Great, I already tried that but didn't force anything I hope, I will twist it tonight and hopefully it won't be trashed.
I open opened up the bleed screw and also have the lines removed
I open opened up the bleed screw and also have the lines removed
09-04-13, 08:44 AM
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Yes they are actuators so screw back in and not press back in.
I basically went through what u are in 1999 for the first time and panicked. My neighbor was a mechanic and sorted it. But not before my redneck tactics with a hammer.
You just took me back to my first ever FD project. Lol
I basically went through what u are in 1999 for the first time and panicked. My neighbor was a mechanic and sorted it. But not before my redneck tactics with a hammer.
You just took me back to my first ever FD project. Lol
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09-04-13, 11:23 PM
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If one was to read the manuals, one could actually learn a lot.
Self education seems to be on the decline, as is this country.
I am lucky as I'll be dead before the US is a second rate country. But not by much.
Self education seems to be on the decline, as is this country.
I am lucky as I'll be dead before the US is a second rate country. But not by much.
09-05-13, 08:21 AM
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This was not a political thread, I served 20 years in the greatest military in the world, and in spite of ur pessimism this will be the greatest country for a millennia at least!!!
Just because I have never seen a rear brake setup like this doesn't give u the right to spread ur worthless opinion here.
Just because I have never seen a rear brake setup like this doesn't give u the right to spread ur worthless opinion here.
09-05-13, 12:51 PM
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Needle nose work too but sooner or later you are going to **** up and stab yourself.
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