Here's what I did- I took the old flexible brake line that I was replacing
anyway and cut in half. I then took a tire valve stem and whittled the
rubber off the end leaving the brass tube bare which I inserted in the cut
end of the hose, the half with the fitting that came out of the caliper. I
actually ran the brass tube through a die, putting threads on it and screwed
it into the hose- it fit pretty tight so I didn't need the hose clamp I had
planned on using to keep it in. I then screwed the fitting back into the
caliper and, since I don't have an air compressor I used a bicycle pump on
the tire valve to push out the caliper. When 1 side popped loose, I put it
back in and held it place with a C-clamp and pumped the other one out.
Many people are suggesting a grease gun in place of the air pressure. I
suspect that you could use the hose trick to rig an adapter for a grease gun
as well and not worry about trying to find the right size grease fitting or
stripping the threads in the caliper.
Good luck,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Beaudoin <jbdoin@sympatico.ca>
To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 4:07 AM
Subject: Brake calipers
>
> Hello to all lister's,
>
> Can somebody give me a hint on how to remove pistons from the brake
> caliper.. I did put some air in and the piston of the opposite side of
> the bleeder screw came out. I separate the caliper and plugged the hole.
> Put the air on again, but the other piston just don't want to get out.
> What do I do next?
>
> Jonathan Beaudoin
>
> 76' TR6 (almost finished!!)
> 71' TR6 (next project!)
>
>
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