You do not have to remove the caliper to change the pads.
I used a small C-clamp to push the piston in.
Although , two weeks later , I removed the caliper to put new pistons in.
Al Salvatore
www.triumphowners.com/624
----- Original Message -----
From: <samuelsma@aol.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: brake fluid (2)
> Listers:
>
> Thanks for your comments on getting the pistons back into the calipers to
> allow pad installation (anything has to be better than using toothed Vice
> Grips!). When I read the responses, it appeared to me that some (all?) of
> you are removing the calipers when changing pads. Is that correct? I
> don't know if I could fit a C-clamp into the area, because I did not
> remove the caliper. There isn't much room between the disk and the
> caliper piston to fit a clamp into. On my Porsche, pads slide in and out
> without caliper removal. Should I remove the caliper on the 6 when
> changing pads?
>
> Michael
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