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[Healeys] Split the Calipers?

Subject: [Healeys] Split the Calipers?
From: coudesluijs at chello.nl (Oudesluys)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:14:47 +0100
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It can be done but you need the special seal washers and ideally new 
bolts and torque them to the set values. Better is to get new or 
properly rebuild ones if you are not accustomed rebuilding callipers. 
They are relatively cheap.
Kees Oudesluijs


Op 18-2-2017 om 19:24 schreef Mike Tobin:
> Hi All,
> Time to attack the front calipers on the BT7.  They've been sitting 
> for over 30 years and are really sad looking.
> I'm thinking the only way I'm going to get a purchase on them to get 
> them out is to split the calipers.  The factory manual, however,  sez 
> (in BOLD) to not attempt this.   Why is this?  In the archives folks 
> say it can be done.  Anything I have to watch for other than being 
> clean and careful?
> Cheers and Thanks,
> Mike Tobin
>
>
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