Rear Brake Caliper Removal, This should be so simple... |
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Rear Brake Caliper Removal, This should be so simple... |
zoomCat |
Jun 8 2005, 03:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,526 Region Association: None |
Hi everybody! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wavey.gif)
I'm in the process of trying to resurrect my Sleeping Beauty from her slumber. She's been asleep for a few years. I've changed out the oil and gas and got her started; ran like crap but I figured I'd have to rebuild the carbs anyway. I'm now trying to get the rear brake calipers off but I'm having some difficulty. This is kinda embarassing, since 1) all the descriptions I've found make it sound pretty simple, and 2) I've done it before. So I start by taking my 11mm flare wrench and go to remove the brake line from the caliper and I can't get the wrench onto the flare nut. Huh? Aft of the hard line the control arm is in the way, and forward of the line is a boss on the caliper itself as shown below (i hope). It would seem that I have to split the hard line from the flexible line at the control arm pivot. It that correct? Oh, and this is a factory /6, does that matter? (i was going to post some pictures of her when i get her out of the garage and cleaned up a bit, but i thought i'd get some brakes working first....) Attached image(s) |
zoomCat |
Jun 10 2005, 11:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,526 Region Association: None |
By my thinking, a 3mm spacer would cause the outboard piston to extend 4mm farther than the inboard piston, but no more than 2mm farther than it normaly would. You'd loose 2mm of use when the inboard pad wore out first, so the outboard piston would never see more than 2mm or extra travel. I think. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
If it works for Mr. Herzog, it would probably get me around the block safely.... So, is 5mm or 3mm enough to require longer studs? Or switching to steel nuts from the alloy? Actually, if limiting the thickness of the spacer to 3mm would allow the use of the stock studs that might be sufficient reason to forgo the correct symmetry... Anybody got a source for hub spacers of either size (3 or 5mm)? Or a couple lying around? |
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