mgs
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: brake pads

To: Michael Jose <mwjose@cox.net>, "'MG Mail list'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: brake pads
From: dennis <mg-dennis@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:31:25 -0800
I've always used a small C clamp and a little block of wood.  The small block of
wood goes inside the piston to give the clamp something to push against

Dennis Cox
67 MGB

Michael Jose wrote:

> I'm putting new pads on my front brakes right now, and I have a silly
> newbie type question: how the devil does one push the pistons back in?
> bentley says to use a suitable clamp (?), haynes says to push them
> 'right in'
> I took off the master cylinder cap, but I would rather not take the
> calipers off, as the rotors look alright to me.  This seems like
> something simple, routine, but I can't figure it out!
> thanks in advance
> mike jose
> 79 B
> phoenix

///
///  mgs@autox.team.net mailing list
///  or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
///


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>