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Ya know, all I do is BEFORE I remove the caliper from the car... clamp the good piston and put my foot into the brake pedal. They always come out. Now if you have frozen pistons.... Your Boned! Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Brake caliper pump > 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 ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >