[s-cars] Rear caliper rebuild question

[D Landaeta]

Ahh... I see, said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw. I'll
need more force with me. Thanks!

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Peter Schulz <p.schulz at verizon.net> wrote:

> Doug:
>
> these posts may give you an idea about how much pressure you will need to
> apply to the spring.
> http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/121483.phtml
>
> http://urq20v.com/Brakes/brake_rebuild.htm
>
>
> -Peter
>
>
> On Mar 10, 2013, at 8:43 PM, D Landaeta wrote:
>
> I decided to finally fix my sticking parking brake and properly rebuild the
> rear calipers. It may be just the beginning of a slippery slope as I see
> that most of the rubber bits under there are fairly shot. So subframe
> bushings and new control arms (if I can find non-chinese junk).. I
> digress... So I looked at the various great write-ups and have the caliper
> set up for getting the piston interior circlip out. My question is how much
> pressure does it take to push that spring down in order to somehow get a
> pair of circlip pliers or the like in there and remove the circlip? I used
> a metal bar with a bolt setup through it and an old socket. It seemed like
> a lot of pressure and I was getting no movement from the inner spring. At
> the risk of breaking something, I thought I'd ask y'all for some advice.
>
> Doug enjoying UrS4 time in the 70+ degrees of partly sunshine this weekend
> in TN
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