[s-cars] Rear Brakes

[Calvin & Diana Craig]

Richard,

This is what confused me.  You said:

>I may be a barbarian but I turned my pistons back in using channel lock
>pliers. Just make sure you don't injure the rubber seals. And turn counter
>clockwise. It is a PITA if you turn them the wrong way.

You said counterclockwise in your first e-mail and since I had always turned
them CW I questioned that.  It seems as though with your most recent
response you did turn them CW which jives with what I have always done.

As far as the 3 comment goes, like I said in my last e-mail

>I went clockwise on the passenger side and on both of my pistons on my '89
200 (turns out it
>needed rear pads too).  All 3 of these seemed to work OK going clockwise.
Should I try CCW on
>this remaining one?

The 3 included two calipers on my '89 200 and the passenger side on the S4.


--Calvin



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Tanimura [mailto:Richard at Tanimuras.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 12:19 AM
To: Calvin & Diana Craig; lee at wheelman.com; S4 list
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Rear Brakes


Cal-

You say "all 3". You have 3 e-brakes???? This turning stuff is for the rear
brakes.

If I am not going senile, CW will move the pistons in and CCW will move them
out. I had to play with the position to get the e-brakes to hold w/o having
them drag on me. But it all depends on how much pad you have left. As you
wear out the pads the ingenious self adjusting mechanism - harharhar - will
move the pistons outwards. I went CCW on one of mine and the little sucker
seemed to pop out of the thread. I had a hell of a time getting it back in
again. Of course, I only had my trusty channel locks :-)

Rich

-----Original Message-----

Well here's the update.  I actually already owned the tool, it was the same
as the one I used on my Taurus SHO.  At any rate I was able to get the
piston back in on the passenger side with no problem but the one on the
driver's side does not want to budge.  I can turn until I am blue in the
face and it just stays the same distance out from the bottom.

Richard, something you said made me curious.  You said to go counter
clockwise.  I went clockwise on the passenger side and on both of my pistons
on my '89 200 (turns out it needed rear pads too).  All 3 of these seemed to
work OK going clockwise.  Should I try CCW on this remaining one?

--Calvin