Hi Richard,
I got my 16P calipers apart and your description was quite correct. I just
didn't get it.
The 16P and 16PB calipers are quite different with respect to how the dust
cover attaches to the
caliper. There is no way that a 16PB piston and dust cover could be put on a
16P caliper.
I don't understand how anyone, especially Nelson, could think that it was
possible to use the later
16PB piston and dust cover on a 16P caliper. It's just not not even remotely
possible. The only
thing I can think is that for some time Triumph or Girling moved to the new
16PB caliper design, but
was still labeling them as 16P. Perhaps that is what Nelson was working with
and what led him to
document what he did.
BTW, I got the pistons out by first ripping off the dust cover and then
loosening them with a pipe
wrench. Then I used 2 ft carpenters pipe clamp on it and wiggled them back and
forth until they came
out. I can see why my front brakes stopped working.
Don Malling
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