>The pistons where stuck in their bores because the inner seals had melted
and glued >themselves to the pistons. Put with a little care my wife and I
were able to get them >out okay. I used a thin bladed srewdriver inserted
in the dust seal grove, and a >wooden dowel against the body of the caliper
as the fulcrum. It took a while, prying a >little on each side, but it
finally worked and we were able to free the pistons.
> Armand Ritchie B9470219
Armand,
Now that its too late to help this time, I'll impart a little trick that I
found a while back to get stuck brake pistons out without any danger of a
single scratch on anything. Take a spare brake bleed valve ( the little
round nosed thing that you loosen to bleed the brakes) and carefully file it
down to dimensionally match a grease zerc. Remove the existing valve from
the brake caliper assembly and replace it with the new fitting. Next, put
your old trusty hand pump grease gun on the fitting and start pumping. It
may take upwards of a 1/4 cup of grease, but I have never found a piston
that it will not break free, regardless of how bad it is stuck. There is no
substitute for brute force (several thousand PSI). Cleanup is easy with a
little gasoline or kerosene, followed by standard brake cleaning solution.
Best Regards,
Cullen Bennett in Tempe AZ (B9472658)
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