Squishing calipers

[Perry, Chris (EDS)]

A large C-clamp works very well with little effort.

Chris Perry

-----Original Message-----
From: George Selby [mailto:gselby4x4 at earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:28 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Squishing calipers


At 01:28 AM 6/25/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Well I got the pads back in but the piston had
>pushed out so back to the parts store to find a caliper spreader. They
>were all out but the salesman said to use a C clamp instead. I guess my
>brain had quit functioning by now to see the obvious. That was a great
>idea, I have one at home :o) NOT !!!!!!!!

A very large set of pliers works well for this.  A smaller set will 
frequently work, but not always.  
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George Selby
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