[s-cars] Stuck G60 caliper

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Take the carrier off car please, you can really screw up the piston bore trying to force that with brake fluid force.  Heat works too if the kroil doesn't do the job on the pin.  Put carrier in a vice and try to turn the offending pin CW and CCW until it frees up.  Clean it out well and relube with good synthetic grease and ck boot for rips.

HTH

Scott Justusson
QSHIPQ Performance Tuning
Chicago
In a message dated 2/3/2005 12:40:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at mci.com> writes:

>Hi Bob:
>
>With what are you applying leverage?  Perhaps slipping one pad back in and
>using the brake piston's force to get it going might work.  Careful not to
>shoot your piston(s) out if you got this route.  Neither of the above is a
>personal BTDT, just a thought.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list-bounces+mark.pollan=mci.com at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces+mark.pollan=mci.com at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
>Robert Myers
>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:48 AM
>To: s-car list; quattro list
>Subject: [s-cars] Stuck G60 caliper
>
>
>Hi Y'all,
>
>I have my urS6 stock G60 front brakes nearly apart.  Right side went
>smoothly and is back together with new pads.  Left side has a stuck caliper
>slide.  I haven't been able to get it to move.  Even bolting it back on the
>car and applying some rather significant leverage doesn't budge
>anything.  I have peeled back the rubber boot and have sprayed Kroil inside
>and am waiting for that to penetrate for a while.  Then I'll try again.
>
>Meanwhile, any clever little tricks I should try?
>
>Bob
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