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Stuck rear caliper (16v disc brakes)

Subject: Stuck rear caliper (16v disc brakes)
From: smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)
Date: Sat Sep 16 18:15:30 2006
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Yeah, C-Clamp was what was unsed to compress.  Couldn't get hex in
hole as it was too gundged up. (on my car?!? wtf?!?)   So we used
vise-grips, iirc, to turn it.  As I said, PITA.

Don Walter wrote:
>
> Big C-Clamp works great for compressing caliper pistons.

John S. Lagnese wrote:
>
> They screw in with a hex.

-- 
Mike
'86 red 16v: Red 5 (aka der Jahrtausendfeierfalke)
"The world is my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum." - King Crimson

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References:
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