Press brake piston into caliper bore?, how to do that? |
Press brake piston into caliper bore?, how to do that? |
Dec 22, 2012 - 2:15 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 9, '12 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Can't press piston into caliper bore. Any advice?
This post has been edited by dangqiwu: Jan 2, 2013 - 11:35 PM |
Dec 22, 2012 - 3:44 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I dont think you will need any tools, remove the brake pads, press the brake pedal once or twice, enough to push the piston out by a half inch or so, remove the rubber boot, you might need a small flat blade screw driver to wangle the metal spring clip off the outside of the boot. once the boot is removed look at the brake piston, if its nice and clean then you should be able to push it back in, However, corrosion will cause the piston to jam against the seal which is perhaps why it wont go back in. You will need to replace the piston with a new or rust free second hand one, in an ideal world you should change the seal too, but you can sometimes get away with reusing the old one if it has not suffered any damage.
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