Joe,
I have had success by fitting a grease nipple to the caliper fluid
input and pumping grease into it. Makes a mess when it comes loose but it
works.
Later,
Bob
>By the way, any hints on how to get a front brake caliper piston free when
>its well & truly frozen in place? The hydraulics are 100% gone, between the
>ravages of time and a well meaning but misinformed DPO using DOT5 brake
>fluid. Using the air compresser I got one side free, but no luck on the
>other side. Now the caliper is split and the inboard half sits there on the
>bench acting like a single piece of casting no matter what I try. To date
>I've tried soaking in WD40, compressed air at about 80 psi, tapping the
>piston in to break the seal, clamping the piston and using a mallet on
>non-machined surfaces of the caliper, and heating the caliper followed with
>the mallet & clamp. The piston hasn't budged. Next up is heat on the
>caliper & cold on the piston, and then (when that fails) drilling & tapping
>the piston to jack it out against the caliper bore. By that time I'll
>probably have cracked the casting & bought a new caliper, but look at all the
>fun I'm having!
>
>Joe McConlogue
>Series V in pieces all over the basement & garage
>B395013758
>
>
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Man of Many Sunbeams - All "Proper" Talbot Types 1953-1954
Home Page: http://cast.navnet.net/~hamilton/index.html
E-Mail: hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net
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