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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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help w/caliper pistons

on my 93 fd, the bottem left pison on the front left caliper wont compress... all the other pistons compressed just fine... my c-clamp wont work and im quite irritated, anybody know how i can compress it? also it looks a little bit crooked, one of my friends hit the brakes when there was no pad in place so and the piston is pretty close the the rotor. i need to get it compressed so i can change the pads
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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If it's crooked and you tried to push it in, chances are you damaged the piston. Pull the caliper off and see if you can get the piston into position.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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open the bleeder screw and try it again
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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you might just need a new caliper
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cld1000
you might just need a new caliper
Why stop at the caliper? Hell, you might need a new car......
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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Good one Sled Driver - - That was great !
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