- 1. [Mgs] Stuck disk brake caliper (score: 1)
- Author: joseph cianciotti <jmc987@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:05:39 -0400
- Wondering if I pushing it back in would get it "un-stuck" or do I have to have it rebuilt? Thanks in advance for your always sage advice. Joseph 67 MGB Roadster ______________________________________
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00170.html (6,826 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Mgs] Stuck disk brake caliper (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:20:49 -0700
- Probably not. Stuckness would indicate the seal is bad, or corrosion in the bore, either of which would require rebuilding. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the p
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00171.html (7,210 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Mgs] Stuck disk brake caliper (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Lindsay" <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:47:40 EDT
- Yep. Thats why i rebuilt mine. Probably not. Stuckness would indicate the seal is bad, or corrosion in the bore, either of which would require rebuilding. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're nea
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00172.html (7,671 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Mgs] Stuck disk brake caliper (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark A. O'Neil" <mark.a.oneil@Dartmouth.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:14:48 -0400
- Hi Joseph, My recent experience was that the caliper was fine, but that the hose was bad - brake locked up fine, but stayed that way since the hose would not allow bleed back to the master. Not sayi
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00176.html (7,902 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Mgs] Stuck disk brake caliper (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:09:46 +0100
- This can be confirmed by opening the bleed nipple that side. If you get a spurt of fluid, and more importantly if with it open you can then push the pistons back in, it *is* a blocked hose or pipe. P
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00183.html (7,369 bytes)
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