On Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:08:40 -0600 (CST) Mike Mason
<mmason@lindenwood.edu> writes:
>
>I am in the process of rebuilding the brakes on the TR6 I bought this
>summer. The pistons and calipers look to be in good enough shape to
>rebuild, but there is a lot of rust on the outer edges of the bores.
>I
>seem to remember reading some place that one should NOT separate the
>two
>halves of the calipers under any conditions. I think, though, that
>this
>had to do with the MGB.
>
>It would be a lot easier to clean up the bores if the two halves were
>apart, since neither my fingers nor the wire brush fit well into those
>
>right angle holes. Does anyone know any reason why I should not
>separate
>the two halves of the calipers in order to clean and prepare them?
>
>Just once I would like to know the answer BEFORE I screw something up.
>:-)
>
>
>Peace, and may Santa remember that you have an LBC and take PITY!!
>
>Michael In St. Louis
> 73 life-size, do-it-yourself, 3D puzzle of a TR6
>
On my first TR6, I split them in two before I read the part about how you
shouldn't do that. My pistons were frozen in the cylinders. Everything
went back together just fine and worked for years until I sold the car.
I still don't understand why you aren't suposed to take them apart, but I
haven't done it since.
Mark Anderton
1972 Triumph TR6 (currently in rework)
1984 Jaguar XJ6 (2 ea - some people never learn)
1966 Morris Minor (everything a car should be)
1971 Land Rover
1967 Daimler V8 Saloon (someday it WILL run)
1958 Velocette MSS (500cc single)
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