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Re: Trick for removing stuck brake caliper pistons

To: 6-Pack <6pack@autox.team.net>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Trick for removing stuck brake caliper pistons
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:02:00 -0500
Hi Randall,

Randall wrote:
>>Is your implication that Nelson was well aware of the faulty
>>information he was providing and that
>>he could be sued for dispensing such faulty information???
> 
> 
> My point was simply that you can't believe everything you read on the
> Internet, as Nelson himself pointed out in one of his articles.  The caliper
> manufacturer says to not disassemble them, and the guy who does say to
> disassemble them, won't defend his opinion in court.  Draw your own
> conclusions.
> 

I guess you never read his article on restoring convertible tops. He removed 
that one too. By your 
reasoning (Opps "little innuendoes") he must have been worried about that one 
as well.

> 
>>You'll have to help me here. Maybe you should just state what you
>>mean rather than making these
>>vague statements and implications of something or other...
> 
> 
> Sorry the world isn't quite as clear-cut as you'd like it to be.  I like to
> encourage people to think on their own rather than having everything
> spoon-fed to them ... but if you can't handle it, feel free to ignore my
> little innuendoes.
> 

I can assure you I learned a long time ago not to believe everything I read on 
the internet. Last I 
knew this list is part of the Internet. But your "little innuendoes" and other 
brushes with 
Randellian omniscience that you treat us to on this list serve as a constant 
reminder of the reasons 
not to do so.


BTW, there's lots of folks on this list who have followed Nelson's directions 
on splitting brake 
calipers w/o ill affect. If it's so dangerous, kind'a makes you wonder why Moss 
and TRF carry the 
parts to do it. As far as I can see, neither Bentley nor Haynes say anything 
one way or the other 
about splitting the calipers. Again, if it's so dangerous, why they didn't post 
warnings not to do 
it. Sounds like maybe you should follow your own advice and trying thinking on 
your own, instead of 
being spoon fed by whom ever wrote whichever manual it was -- Can't handle it?


Don Malling




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