Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!

[Greg Galinsky]

 I just am in the process of dismantleling some calipers and found that an
offset extra long needle nose pliers worked well at getting the circlip back
on.  Had to grind down the tips just a bit to fit the circlip holes.

Greg Galinsky

-------Original Message-------

From: Per Lindgren
Date: Monday, November 18, 2002 05:18:33 PM
To: quattro
Subject: Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!

Quattrophiles,

A few days ago, somebody posted the procedure on how to disassemble the
rear caliper to free up the handbrake actuator. I did that today, and
cleaned up a lot of rust and old goo. Now comes the big question.

How the hell do I compress the spring inside the caliper to get the
circlip back on? The spring is almost as hard as a valve spring, and
there's no way I can compress it with the circlip pliers. This wasnt
mentioned in the short writeup either...

I could use the answer pretty quickly as I'd like to try to get at least
one caliper finished tonight (it's 9:30 pm right now)

PerL

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