Stuck rear caliper (16v disc brakes)

[nlowe79 at gmail.com (Nate Lowe)]

OK, so maybe it was all covered in crap an I couldn't see it. Anyone know
what size hex drive I should buy in order to replace the rears?

On 9/16/06, John Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:
>
> It should be in the center of the piston. If not, visegrips should get
> it in.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Lowe [mailto:nlowe79@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:07 PM
> To: Mike Smith
> Cc: Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: Stuck rear caliper (16v disc brakes)
>
> I'm confused as to where I'm supposed to screw it in. The caliper piston
> itself was round and concave, nowhere really for a hex bit (or any other
> bit) to screw it in. As for the big C-Clamp, that's what I tried and it
> didn't work. Maybe I don't have 16v rear discs? If I don't, I have
> something
> that takes the exact same pads as they matched the ones on the car
> perfectly.
>
> On 9/16/06, Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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