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On 2 Aug 2004 at 16:28, Ben Doughney wrote: > Have you got any tips about removing stuck pistons from brake calipers? > I am about to give this a go on one of my (non-VW) cars, and don't want > to wreck anything in the process. Yes, ignore the shop manuals that tell you to do this with air and do it with water pressure instead. You'll have to mock up some kind of plug or cap to close off one cylinder after the first piston come out, but then the second piston should come out easily. Bleed the air out of the caliper before you start. Once everything is apart, wash them off well, clean out any rust and then rinse with alcohol and let dry overnight. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~