[200q20v] sticking caliper

[Brett Dikeman]

At 4:17 PM -0800 8/20/00, Bernie Benz wrote:
>The gunk from within the caliper.  If the PO (or you) have not religously
>flushed the brake fluid at least bi-annually, the calipers are sludged up
>internally.  Disassemble, clean and reassemble, no new parts needed, and it
>will go for ever with the every other PM treatment. Of course the ultimate
>PM is to do this with all calipers and MC.

Well, I can't figure out what's going on.  I pulled the caliper off 
the car, and tried pushing the piston in, and ended up breaking the 
tool in the process(plate shaped like a pad, with a screw in the 
middle); tried rotating the piston, with no luck(and I don't see any 
allen key hole; just two opposing V-shaped notches.)

I've also tried pushing the piston in with a C-clamp; no movement whatsoever.

To make matters worse, after my manipulations, the piston is now 
leaking fluid in a slow drip-drip-drip.  Right near the end, looks 
like where the boot attaches to the end of the piston.

I suppose at this point I have nothing to loose from completely 
removing it from the car, "benching" it and ripping it completely 
apart; I wanted to avoid that, but it's either overhaul it or replace 
it with a rebuilt, and either way, it's gotta come off...<sigh>.

Brett
'91 200q20v
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