Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!

[james accordino]

When I did my first set, I compressed it with a
c-clamp and did the snap ring with pliers.  It's
really hard just to get the pliers in there.  Let
alone with the c-clamp in place.  It took me a long
time and many tries.  The REAL answer is a steel
driver that pushes the snapring/circlip AND shaft down
at the same time.  One shot with the hydraulic press
(or c-clamp) and it's done.  I had mine made (thanks
DAD).  The next time with this tool it took me 10
seconds instead of 10 hrs.  Really.

Jim Accordino

--- Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no> 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
>


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