Another rear brake caliper question....

[Gerard]

> >443 698 470.
> The rubber boot kit number?

Yes, the boot kit number. I've had these lying around here at home for a
heck of a long time. They came from TPC and are made by Lucas.

Looks like I questioned too soon again 'cos when I got home and opened
the little boxes they had small foil sachets inside with the appropriate
grease in them. It's a thick vaseline kind of thing. The caliper seal
kit also has a foil sachet of grease for use on the handbrake mechanism.
Very good instructions in there too.

I bought a set of rear calipers off a type-4A 100/A6 and rebuilt them
this evening. "Rebuilt" means just fitting a new seal and dust cover and
the guide pin overhaul. Only 1 out of the 4 pins were rusty so I took
the best of my old ones and cleaned it up along with the pin bore. It's
just a tad bit sticky. The piston and pin boots were a pain to fit. The
handbrake mechanisms work perfectly so I left that all alone 'cos I
don't have tools for removing the internals.

If I recall correctly, ETKA show a change to the rear calipers on the
100/A6 and I think I might have picked those up as these new ones have a
revised handbrake lever system.

I assume one has to rotate the piston while pushing it in firmly in
order to retract it into the bore.

G.
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gerard at poboxes.com
q-list info: 1989/90 200 (mac13a MC-1)