I should probably wait to take my calipers apart before asking this question,
but I thought I'd ask
now before the discussion goes stale. I hope this isn't a dumb question....
If the pistons are stuck in the calipers doesn't that mean that the caliper
cylinders are rusty too.
I never hear anything about how to clean up the caliper cylinders. I don't
think Nelson addresses
it at Buckeye either. Bead blast, hone, resleeve ...???
Confused... feels like it must be a dumb question... Oh well.
Don Malling
apackard68@comcast.net wrote:
> List:
> I had success by having my shop weld a large nut to the piston and then
>torque it with a socket and breaker bar. Your approach was similar and I'm
>glad you had success.
> Andy
> TR250
> Mini Cooper S Convertible on May 15!
>
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>>Not sure if anyone has had this difficulty removing brake pistons, but since
>>TRF can't seem to rebuild my rt caliper after 2 FAILED attempts, I've been
>>trying to break down an extra 16P caliper. Well the piston was stuck tighter
>>than a drum, so after unbolting the two halves and trying to free it up with
>a
>>hammer with no success another method was tried. Now this will ruin the
>piston
>>of course, but that didn't matter since it was so rusty. A piece of flat
>stock
>>18" long was welded to the edge of the piston, then two bolts were put
>through
>>the caliper half which was clamped in a vice by the bolts. The the flat stock
>>was tapped with a hammer till loose then rotated back and forth by hand until
>>it was pulled free.
>>Wow you should have seen the crap that was behind the pistons, more reason
>>to replace seals in the complete brake system when replacing the master
>>cylinder as Kai has mentioned.
>>The reason I'm not rebuilding the caliper TRF "rebuilt" is because it's a
>>16BP and the other side is a 16P the correct caliper for my car. Don't know
>>how the mismatched pair ended up on the car.
>>
>>Oh well just thought someone might find this trick useful.
>>
>>
>>Richard Seaton
>>RSH17@msn.com
>>View My 1969 TR6 restoration
>>http://www.triumphowners.com/registry.cgi?
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