[Shotimes] Rear brake caliper reassembly!

[Jim & Debbie Leyden]

I have found only three companies that make decent snap ring pliers.
Hi-Tech is the first one that makes really high quality and high priced snap
ring pliers.  There are three pairs in the set and the set retails for
$111.00 but I can get it for $70.  The have interchangeable tips that slide
into a broached hole so they cannot rotate.  The second, which I have not
used personally is made by SPC and may go under the name OTC (Ottawa Tool
Company).  These are also well made but I am unsure of the price.  The last
ones are made by Waldes Tru-Arc.  They do not have replaceable tips and are
manufactured to fit only specific sizes of snap ring (you need several pair
to cover the range) but they are without a doubt the hardiest ones you can
get for production assembly style work.

I bought the Hi-Tech set myself but I have used the Waldes pliers
extensively back when America still had a Machine Tool Industry.

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Edward Mazurek
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:40 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Rear brake caliper reassembly!

Hi,

I've powder coated my brakes on my 95 MTX and I disassembled
the rear calipers so I could cook them at 400F. Well,
reassembly is not easy. Putting the snap ring in place is
terrible. I got one in but it took several hours and I had
to grind on my snap ring plyers to get them to fit in the
bore at all.

Any words of wisdom on this? I'm using an old craftsman
2 bolt wheel puller to compress the spring. It's pretty
close to the picture of the ford compressor in the
manual.

Any source for better snap ring plyers?

Thanks!

Ed
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