[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 113, Issue 15

[Cody Forbes]

In my case I didn't have any snap ring pliers or needle nose that would fit in the small holes of the snap ring and reach as far as it needed too. I used a couple of picks to get the snap ring out.   For reassembly I used some safety wire to hold the snap ring in the required size and then cut the wire once the ring was in place. If planning this job it would be a good idea to purchase some very long snap ring pliers beforehand.

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

On Mar 11, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Paul Heneghan <paul at heneghan.co.uk> wrote:

> From what I remember, the press isn't required for disassembly (but put
> your other hand hand over the opening to catch any ejected parts), but
> certainly is required for reassembly. Don't use too much force, otherwise
> you'll distort the fingers on the bottom of the spring cage.
> 
> I have a pair of long-nose snipe pliers that fits these perfectly that I
> keep just for this job.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> On 11 March 2013 05:47, <s-car-list-request at audifans.com> wrote:
> 
>> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:43:13 -0500
>> From: D Landaeta <dlandaeta at gmail.com>
>> To: s-car-list list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars] Rear caliper rebuild question
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>> 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*bbc.co.uk <paul.heneghan at bbc.co.uk> (w)*
>> 
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