Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!

[Kneale Brownson]

I've disassembled, but not reassembled, Per.  I THINK someone like Bernie
or Jim A. reported using a socket.  I think the drill was to compress
everything enough to get the circlip inside the cylinder and then push the
circlip into place with the socket.  The circlip and the plate it retains
compress the spring in this process.

At 09:25 PM 11/18/2002 +0100, Per Lindgren wrote:
>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
>