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
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 Conv
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 stuc
I did mine the old fashioned way. Elbow grease. I used a wire wheel for the outside. But the wire wheel wouldn't get everywhere so I scraped with a small flat blade screwdriver, used emery cloth, sa
Thanks Randall, I reread Nelson's write up at Buckeye, and it washes with what you said. The interior walls of the cylinder don't make much difference because they only hold the seals. It's the pisto
I redid my calipers per Nelson's write-up, and I used a kit from TRF. It contained the "seal" for the caliper halves. The original seal was not an O-ring, but a square profile. I torqued per Nelson'
Your statement..... followed by... Is your implication that Nelson was well aware of the faulty information he was providing and that he could be sued for dispensing such faulty information??? You'll
Don et al: The brake caliper pistons are what seals against the rubber, not the cavity in the caliper itself. If you use standard pistons rather than stainless, the rust in the cavity can spread to t
Hi Jeff, I was aware of why Nelson thought he should remove the information. My question was not what Nelson thought, it was what Randall meant by his statements. Don Malling
Hi Randall, I guess you never read his article on restoring convertible tops. He removed that one too. By your reasoning (Opps "little innuendoes") he must have been worried about that one as well. I
The statement is accurate. Several of us contacted Nelson and begged him to leave the content on the Buckeye site. He declined, citing civil liability and the fear of being sued. As to whether he "k