quattro digest, Vol 1 #4224 - 13 msgs

[Konstantin Bogach]

Per,
I used carpenter clamp ( the one which has sliding piece on long rail to make it
adjustable.  They are sold variable lenght.   I bought one of about 50-60cm.  Then I
fixed caliper in vise, used socket and clamp to drive sping down and, it seems to me,
I had both hands free to put the ring in place with long nose pliers.

Good luck.
Konstantin.

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> 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
>