Rear caliper question - Need quick answer!

[james accordino]

No, unfortunately.  It's really simple.  It looks like
a tube.  The i.d. at the top is the snap ring
uncompressed.  The id at the bottom is the bore size
or about .003" smaller actually.  The only drawback is
you need one for each different size.  It's only
really most critical when you can easily reach down
with ring pliers.  This isn't new, my Dad knew about
it for at least 30 yrs.  Works with ANY type of
internal ring.  It take 1 or 2 seconds with a driver
(I used a deep socket) and hand pressure.

HTH
Jim Accordino

--- Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> Can you supply a pix of this tool, Jim?
>
> Thanks, Kneale
>
> At 10:40 PM 11/18/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >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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