Brake Caliper Fell Off!!!

[JShadzi at aol.com]

That is only true for the rear calipers.

Another quick trick I use, once you have acess to the caliper use a heavy screwdriver to lever between the pad backing and the caliper, this will force the piston to close against the pistons and push it in flush, takes a few seconds.

Javad

>I believe the the piston has to turned will
>being pushed in, not sure though.
>
>Pat Korach
>Kirkland, WA
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark L. Chang" <mchang at ee.washington.edu>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:52 PM
>Subject: Re: Brake Caliper Fell Off!!!
>
>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 11:19:50AM -0700 or thereabouts, David Thoresen
>wrote:
>> > Embarrassing day yesterday.... My front right brake caliper fell off!
>Well
>> > I ended up using my E-brake to stop and to make the 1 mile home.
>> >
>> > Now I am trying to put this all back together, (I am not to familiar
>with
>> > brakes) and am having a tough time pushing the piston in so I can fit
>the
>> > pads back on there and over the rotor... So if anyone could email me the
>> > best way of doing that I would really appreciate it!
>>
>> Remove brake reservoir cap.
>> Use a c-clamp on a soft piece of wood to retract the caliper piston.
>>
>> Else, put the pad in and lever against the body of the caliper with
>> another pad :). Best if you use used pads for that.
>>
>> Try not to scratch the face of the piston, or nick the boot.
>>
>> Mark
>>
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