At 04:28 PM 5/17/96 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 96-05-16 09:10:01 EDT, thompson@ridgeback.East.Sun.COM
>>ok, now that you have mentioned it, and before i take the old
>>ones out... how do you get the pistons (new ones) back in?
>The earlier ones are trickier. The earlier calipers (and many other model's)
>use a groove in the the cylinder bore. That means you install the fluid seal
>and the dst boot and THEN install the piston. Since the boot must be
>streached over the piston and the boot tends to want to go down the bore in
>front of the piston, trying to insert the piston and not push the boot down
>the hole is difficult.
This sounds like my E-type. I did this last weekend and it went suprisingly
easy. I did lube up the dst boot and seal with clean fluid first though. It
just slid right in.
Good luck
Jim Van Riper
95 Pontiac Firebird Formula Convertible - DrkGrn, TanLeather, M6
79 Triumph TR7 Convertible - DrkGrn, TanCloth, M5
70 Jaguar XKE Convertible - Robin's Egg Blue (ick), BlackVinyl, M4
94 Pontiac GrandAm GT 4dr (wife's)
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