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1. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:22:18 EST; << Just taken the brake caliper off my 77 MGB. The pistons are stuck in there and screaming "no no, I'm not coming out!!" Any recommendations for enticing them out? Using the cars braking system to b; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00006.html (8,101 bytes)
2. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:22:18 EST; << I'm trying to remember how I made this. Forgive me, it's been a very long time. But I made up a fitting that goes where the hose normally attaches, with a zirk fitting on it. I just pump it full o; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00007.html (8,303 bytes)
3. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 11:09:37 -0500; One drawback to compressed air is its compressibility. Pressurized air has the capacity to launch a piston at high velocity as soon as it becomes unstuck. Perhaps if the caliper were to be covered b; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00011.html (9,704 bytes)
4. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 08:40:24 -0800; An air compressor would be useful... perhaps you could take it to a local service station. simon hurley had this to say: -- == Max Heim mvheim@studiolimage.com Studio L'Image/San Francisco 415 643 93; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00012.html (8,473 bytes)
5. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:09:04 EST; I rebuilt my calipers last spring, and I have done this previously in other cars. I made a thin piece of plywood that fits over a piston. I hold it in place with a c-clamp. I used a rubber washer on; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00019.html (9,803 bytes)
6. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "Richard Crump" <rcrump@enid.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:05:16 -0600; I disapprove of compressed air. It makes a mess when and if the piston blows out. Place a 3/8 fine thread bolt in the hole for the brake line. Open the bleeder nipple. Take your grease gun and force; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00022.html (9,619 bytes)
7. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:06:27 EST; << I disapprove of compressed air. It makes a mess when and if the piston blows out. Place a 3/8 fine thread bolt in the hole for the brake line. Open the bleeder nipple. Take your grease gun and for; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00026.html (9,362 bytes)
8. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "Richard Crump" <rcrump@enid.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:37:05 -0600; I always throw the two caliper halves into the carburator acid vat after removal of the excess grease. Then I flush w/ water and finish up w/ compressed air. Have done this countless times with no a; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00033.html (10,213 bytes)
9. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 19:37:38 EST; << but Safety Fast where brakes are concerned. >> And THAT Listers, says it ALL. Grease, NOT!! Cheers.......... Ed; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00042.html (7,977 bytes)
10. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "simon hurley" <simonsensis@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 18:24:16 PST; Thank you very much for all the ideas on piston removal. I will try the compressed air first with C clips (well fencing wire) and then graduate to grease. Thank you again - this is fun. I have anothe; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00046.html (11,336 bytes)
11. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 23:24:23 -0400; Your caution seems to make sense. Having said that, I've done it several times, have never separated the halves, and have never had a problem with a caliper rebuilt this way. I got the idea from a f; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00053.html (9,933 bytes)
12. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: REwald9535@aol.com; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 02:14:21 EST; pistons to Allen, The only corection I would make to your very correct statements is that I would change the word most to ALL. This comes from 30+ years of working on cars as a technician and now an; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00060.html (8,674 bytes)
13. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "Harlan Jillson" <hjillson@argohouston.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 07:13:31 -0600; Just one caveat, If you're going to use compressed air, be sure to use LOW pressure. If the piston is crudded in ( technical term), sometime it will take a lot of pressure to free it. With compressed; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00063.html (9,239 bytes)
14. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Proudfoot" <amproud@nf.sympatico.ca>; Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:05:04 -0330; And the source would B? -- Original Message -- > For me it may be a moot point anyway as I have found such an inexpensive; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00140.html (7,939 bytes)
15. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 22:39:10 -0400; The source is Advance Auto Parts. Fellow lister Matt Milkevitch who lived nearby for several years deserves the credit for discovering this. ' Believe the price (last year) was like $39.95 US each -; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00171.html (9,089 bytes)
16. can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "simon hurley" <simonsensis@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:31:52 PST; Just taken the brake caliper off my 77 MGB. The pistons are stuck in there and screaming "no no, I'm not coming out!!" Any recommendations for enticing them out? Using the cars braking system to blow; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01663.html (7,115 bytes)
17. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mlishego@asheboro.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:07:09 -0500; Chances are, if they're stuck in the caliper you're going to want new pistons anyway. Soak them in liquid wrench or PB Blaster overnight. Make sure you remove the bleed screw and hoses then fill the; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01665.html (8,426 bytes)
18. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:17:17 -0800; Mike knows the routine. To get mine out, I used a slightly different method; I put a big rad clamp on the piston, tightened it up as much as I could, and used a big screwdriver to pry it out. Plan on; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01669.html (7,525 bytes)
19. Re: can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Gonaj@aol.com; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:26:06 EST; Have you tried air pressure through the fluid line? George; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01670.html (6,799 bytes)
20. can't remove the brake piston (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 01:04:03 -0400; I'm trying to remember how I made this. Forgive me, it's been a very long time. But I made up a fitting that goes where the hose normally attaches, with a zirk fitting on it. I just pump it full of; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01671.html (8,249 bytes)

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