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Re: 27 year old brakes!

To: WINDOWSEET@aol.com
Subject: Re: 27 year old brakes!
From: Zink <zink@pdq.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 01:46:48 -0500
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <970921134624_1618561536@emout17.mail.aol.com>
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WINDOWSEET@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi, all;
> 
> Just opened up the calipers on my GT6+ (undergoing restoration) and
> found the
> pistons to be shiny and clean!!! Now if I can just get the broken
> bleed
> screww out of the caliper I'll be happy. Going to try heating the
> thing today
> and use a bolt extractor. Some DPO cracked the thing and when I went
> to bleed
> the brakes it broke the rest of the way. In case it doesn't come out
> has
> anyone had any experience with having one drilled out and rethreaded?
> May not
> matter since I,ve had my eye on a four piston caliper and vented rotor
> that
> Moss Europe just put on the market! Anyone had any experience with
> that set
> up?
> 
> Greg Wolf
> 1970 GT6+ "Ian"
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> Winnipeg MB Canada
Greg,
Try using an easy out before you go and screw up the caliper.  It costs
about 3 bucks for the tool and can save you a lot of trouble if it
works.  And since the bleeder niples are of a fairly soft metal it
should.

Larry Zink
1964 Spitfire4
Houston
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